The Obama administration is reviewing claims by three U.S. airlines that Persian Gulf airlines are receiving government subsidies...The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Christopher Hart as the new chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board...Boeing announced it has delivered its first 787-9 built in South Carolina to United Airlines this week...

Local 210 Lead Negotiator Bob Luciano and Airline Division International Representative Chris Moore met with ExpressJet COO Alex Marren and Vice President of Maintenance Bob Madigan. Talks were wide ranging and led to the company signing an interim agreement for stock clerks...The GoJets Pilots Negotiating Committee met this week and prepared sections regarding Hours of Service, Recognition & Scope, Insurance & Other Benefits, and Scheduling...

Members of the Teamsters Aviation Mechanics Coalition continued their lobbying push on February 11, holding meetings with Matthew McCarthy, Legislative Assistant for Transportation for Senator Maria Cantwell, (D-WA) and Chris Brown, Staff Director of the House Subcommittee on Aviation. The TAMC is pressing its agenda on Drug Testing at Foreign Repair Stations and the Moratorium on Certification of any new Repair Stations... 

Senators are calling on the Obama administration to nominate a new Transportation Security Administration administrator...The FAA has issued new rules on Sleep Apnea for pilots...American Airlines Group plans to boost its regional fleet by 4.9 percent, or 28 aircraft, in 2015...