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.
By Sean Broderick, sean_broderick@aviation now.com
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA), expressing concern over Ansett's ability to safely maintain its Boeing 767s based on several problems uncovered in recent weeks, Thursday ordered the 10-plane fleet grounded "indefinitely" and asked for a detailed plan on how the carrier would address its maintenance deficiencies.
TWA's Kansas City maintenance facility will play a big role as a main heavy maintenance center in a combined American-TWA operation, American's top executive said. "Kansas City will be an integral part of our overhaul program," American CEO Donald Carty said recently at Aviation Week's MRO 2001 Conference&Exhibition in Dallas. "It has the potential for more capacity, and we plan to use it."
The U.S. aviation industry needs to take a "Y2K-like" approach to the impending capacity crunch by urging regulators to mandate potential near-term aids like aircraft navigational equipment upgrades, according to a top Delta executive. If no changes are made, domestic capacity will be forced into a no-growth mode before 2010 and airlines will be force-fed fixes they might not like.
