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.
FAA has added 90 days to the comment period for the new Part 145 repair station re-write. The new deadline is November 9. A number of industry organizations requested an extension, including a group of nine associations that teamed up to submit a formal request.
Technology migration to smaller aircraft combined with an aging airline fleet and less-than-optimal internal processes are taxing the FAA’s certification workload even as the agency works to streamline its efforts, a rulemaking advisory committee reports.
FAA is developing a plan to improve its certification process after a government/industry aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) found increasing industry activity and inefficient processes are delaying projects and increasing industry costs.
