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.
Transport Canada’s (TC’s) unwillingness to make rules without industry buy-in is keeping some of the country’s key safety issues from being addressed, the country’s top safety investigation official said.
Transport Canada’s (TC’s) unwillingness to make rules without industry buy-in is keeping some of the country’s key safety issues from being addressed, the country’s top safety investigation official said.
FAA has installed taxiway-landing alert systems at four US airports and has 31 more lined up to get the safety enhancement within the next two years, the agency’s top runway safety official said.
