Project Labor Agreement Basics: What is a PLA? 31 April 24, 2009 Featured A government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) is an anti-competitive and costly scheme designed by Big Labor and sympathetic public officials to funnel construction contracts to unionized contractors and union members while cutting competition from qualified merit shop contractors and their skilled merit shop employees.
Though not requiring regulatory action, an outer area is the procedural companion to Class C airspace Normally this area is 20 NM from the primary Class C airspace airport. The normal radius of an outer area is 20 NM from the primary Class C airspace airport.
Class E Airspace rules provide separation when it emerges from the cloud at area 1. As the aircraft nears the vicinity of the airport, the floor of Class E Airspace is lowered so that separation protection is maintained when it flies out of the cloud at area 2. If the instrument approach being flown is a non-precision approach, this is the approximate minimum descent altitude.