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.
The Beech King Air that crashed on January 27 - killing eight Oklahoma State University (OSU) basketball team personnel and two pilots - apparently lost electrical power at about 23,000 feet before crashing into hilly, snow-covered Colorado countryside about 11 minutes later, a report issued Tuesday shows.
A controversial and incomplete rewrite of the rules that govern U.S.-certified repair stations has been finalized and will be published today (Aug. 6), and some 5,000 maintenance facilities affected will have 20 months to comply with most of the new provisions.
Key repair station industry allies -- including labor unions -- continue to push FAA and DOT for a sensible Part 145 rewrite process, hoping to block the rumored two-part rulemaking path FAA has reportedly chosen that would publish less-controversial rules immediately, and see more touchy areas rolled into a second regulation.
