At Jones Day , Steinberg has represented large airline clients opposed to FAA efforts to increase safety regulation , including new limits on pilot work hours . He also defended a commuter airline , Gulfstream International Airlines , against FAA safety allegations over alleged maintenance and work rule violations after the airline ’s training academy came under scrutiny in the Colgan Flight 3407 crash . He has been critical of the slow pace of modernization of the air traffic control system under the FAA “ NextGen ” program . He claimed that President Barack Obama 's National Mediation Board would take various procedural steps to benefit airline labor unions , which later occurred . Earlier in his career , Steinberg represented American Airlines in defeating claims of predatory pricing and attempted monopolization by Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines , who were represented by prominent plaintiff ’s attorneys David Boies and Joe Jamail
Colgan Flight 3407
Colgan Air Flight 3407
Andrew B. Steinberg