Sean Broderick

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Safety Reporter at Aviation Week

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Articles

Daily Memo: How Southwest’s SMS Flagged A Hazard And Reshaped Passenger Policy

5 days ago | aviationweek.com | Sean Broderick

A recent change at Southwest Airlines underscores the strengths of an effective safety management system (SMS) and the fragility of organizational safety policies if anyone affected by them does not comply. The carrier on May 28 rolled out a new policy linked to near-ubiquitous battery chargers used...
FAA Draft Rule Links PW2000 Parts To Powder Metal Issue

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Sean Broderick

Pratt & Whitney’s powder metal part-contamination problem affects hundreds of PW2000 engines on Boeing 757s and C-17s that will require FAA-mandated inspections, but the projected ramifications are not nearly as operationally disruptive as similar issues on the PW1000G fleet. A draft FAA...
Boeing Lays Out 737 Production-Ramp Path

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Sean Broderick

Senior Air Transport & Safety Editor Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.
Boeing Working To Improve Certification Process, Ortberg Says

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Sean Broderick |Guy Norris |Joe Anselmo

RENTON, Washington— Boeing is optimistic that drawn-out certification programs for three new commercial aircraft are nearing completion, but acknowledges that better collaboration with the FAA is needed to keep future approval efforts moving more swiftly, CEO Kelly Ortberg said. Speaking with...
Podcast: Behind The Curtain With Boeing’s CEO

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Joe Anselmo |Sean Broderick |Michael Bruno |Jens Flottau

Editors share their impressions of an in-depth conversation with Kelly Ortberg after the Boeing CEO spoke exclusively with Aviation Week. Thank you to our sponsor GE Aerospace. Learn how the company and its partners are defining flight for today and the future hereDon't miss a single episode of the award-winning Check 6. Follow us in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Discover all of our podcasts at aviationweek.com/podcasts
Interview: Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg Opens Up

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Joe Anselmo |Guy Norris |Sean Broderick

In Kelly Ortberg’s first in-depth interview since being tapped in August 2024 as president and CEO of Boeing, he met with Aviation Week editors Joe Anselmo, Guy Norris and Sean Broderick at the company’s 737 final assembly factory in Renton, Washington. During the wide-ranging and often frank discussion, Ortberg shared his plans for turning around the company, reforming its culture and navigating market uncertainties.
Daily Memo: Boeing—First Things, First | Aviation Week Network

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Guy Norris |Sean Broderick |Joe Anselmo

Joe Anselmo has been Editorial Director of the Aviation Week Network and Editor-in-Chief of Aviation Week & Space Technology since 2013. Based in Washington, D.C., he directs a team of more than two dozen aerospace journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Boeing Ramps Up 777-9 MRO Familiarization

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Sean Broderick

As the 777-9 certification program marches toward expected completion in time for deliveries to start in 2026, Boeing is helping customers prepare for the model’s entry into service—including the technicians that will be supporting the new widebody. Boeing recently held its latest “Maintain Like An Airline” event, hosting mechanics from a dozen 777-9 customers in Everett, Washington.
Bilateral Change Formalizes SMS Rule For Some U.S. Repair Stations

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Sean Broderick

U.S. repair shops that participate in the FAA’s voluntary SMS program will be compliant under EASA requirements. The push to get U.S. repair stations with European approvals to adopt an internationally recognized organizational safety program was codified in February, clearing the way for a Dec. 31, 2025, deadline for the shops to show compliance. The long-discussed change ( Inside MRO April 2024), which the U...
Improper MRO Work Led To 2023 Alaska Airlines 737 Gear Collapse

1 week ago | aviationweek.com | Sean Broderick

Improper procedures during a routine overhaul left a main landing gear (MLG) component damaged and set the stage for a fatigue crack to form and cause the gear to collapse when an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 touched down at John Wayne-Orange County Airport (SNA) in August 2023, the NTSB found. The final report on the accident, issued May 27, found “excessive grinding” of the left MLG aft trunnion pin during a July 2018 overhaul damaged the part’s base metal.