Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the hardware side of the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.
Broderick's aviation career started in 1991, working for Airbus in Toulouse. His industry experience includes four years with an aviation consultancy, where he helped launch a U.S. Part 121 carrier; 12 years with the American Association of Airport Executives, where he served as editor of Airport Magazine; and 20 years in full- and part-time roles with Aviation Week writing primarily about safety and the aftermarket.
Broderick was named the 2020 Aerospace Journalist of the Year by the Aerospace Media Awards. He also shared in a 2020 Neal Award for Best News Coverage with Aviation Week Network colleagues. Broderick and Aviation Week colleague John Croft shared the 2015 Flight Safety International Cecil A. Brownlow Publication Award recognizing "significant contributions by journalists to aviation safety awareness."
He graduated from James Madison University with a B.S. in Communications ('91) and earned an M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communications ('13) from West Virginia University.
Boeing 737 operators have six years to modify cabin pressurization loss warning systems, including installing redundant pressure switches and new warning modules, FAA orders in an airworthiness directive (AD 2012-19-11).
Jim Mathews (Washington), Sean Broderick (Washington)
Excluding retrofits or airworthiness-directive compliance, the worldwide market for overhauling Rolls-Royce Trent 700-series turbofans is projected at about $2 billion for the next three years, with Asian carriers accounting for the largest share of the work.
Washington The FAA's 90-day extension of the repair-station draft-rule comment period means industry has until mid-November to weigh in on what would be a sweeping rewrite of Part 145. Barring a significant about-face, however, the 70-odd comments received by the rule's original Aug. 20 comment deadline make one thing clear: Certificate holders large and small are unified in their general discontent with the agency's proposal.
