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's effort to implement data-driven, risk-based carrier oversight systems is making progress, but the pace of change in the airline industry is straining both the agency's resources and ability to adequately deploy them, the DOT's Inspector General concluded. In a report issued in early June, the IG determined that FAA needs to: * improve its processes for monitoring and conducting trend analyses of air carrier changes and planned inspections;
F AA failed to accurately assess the impact of its recently proposed flight and data recorder upgrades on smaller entities, in part because the agency didn't use an accurate definition for what constitutes a small business, said the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of Advocacy, in comments filed on FAA's recorder rule.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in early June was behind schedule on 19 of its 27 "significant" rulemakings, according to a regular Department of Transportation report, and some key maintenance-related rules were in perpetual slides. Among the biggest sliders: a final rule on ETOPS and a draft rule on fuel tank inerting.
