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 C airspace is defined around airports of moderate importance; airports with regular commercial passenger jet service of 100 passengers per flight or more are typically Class C. The FAA requirements for Class C airspace status are an operational control tower, a radar-controlled approach system, and a minimum number of IFR approaches conducted per year.