National Agricultural Aviation Association (Crop Dusters)

What's In It For Me?

• Insurance discounts (with potential savings as high as 5% per year for membership + PAASS participation)
• Industry representation before the government and the media
• Bi-Monthly copy of Agricultural Aviation Magazine
• NAAA's Member's Only Newsletter (via email or fax)
• Annual NAAA Membership Directory
• Access to NAAA’s Member’s Only Website
• Professional Operating Standards Guide
• Advertise or be listed on NAAA’s Operator/Pilot Career Database
• Discounted Convention Fees
• Membership Certificate/Plaque recognizing your professionalism
• Opportunity to participate in the Leadership Training Program
• Eligibility for WNAAA Scholarship Programs for you and your family
• Networking opportunities
• Handouts and discounted videos for use in your community
• Membership credentials help when you have legal difficulties
• Compaass Rose – mentoring program for new pilots
• Someone to call when you are having business problems

NAAA Services & Program
What does NAAA do for the industry?

• Achieves Significant Industry Cost Savings – NAAA has been successful in preventing costly user fees from being charged to ag aircraft. The Association was successful in exempting ag aircraft from a $25 fee for each flight proposed in the U.S. Senate. Also, proposals in the House and Senate include hikes in the federal fuel tax by a minimum of 25% and as steep as 125%; however, it appears NAAA’s actions in recent years providing full and completed tax relief for aerial applications made to cropland will exempt our industry. All these efforts—exemption from flight fees, complete tax relief from ferrying to an application site and when making an application, eliminating the need to obtain farmer waivers—are saving each agricultural aviator thousand of dollars a year at a minimum. These savings, each year, are on average 10 times greater than your annual national and state association membership dues combined!
• National Representation – NAAA works closely with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Congress, and state and local agencies to stop unnecessary and burdensome regulations.
• Strengthen Ag Aviation’s Voice – NAAA works to ensure that aerial application receives and maintains a positive image through outreach to national newspapers, radio and television stations, Congress and federal agencies. It keeps the industry up-to-date on the latest issues through the Agricultural Aviation magazine, the NAAA Website, E-Newsletters and Press Releases.
• Industry Representation – NAAA works with agri-chemical manufacturers and the EPA to ensure that all ag aviators have a healthy supply of crop protection products that are labeled for aerial use so operators and pilots have the tools needed to serve their customers.
• Continuing Education and Safety Programs – NAAA membership coupled with participation in PAASS, Compaass Rose, Operation S.A.F.E. Fly-Ins, and the Leadership Training Program all offer ag aviators several ways to improve their professionalism, earn possible CEU’s and discounts through their insurance providers.
• Convention & Trade Show – The convention highlights include the world’s largest agricultural aviation trade show, seminars and forums to address current industry events and issues and great networking opportunities. It puts you in contact with the latest and greatest parts and services available to the industry.
• Promotes Technology – Over the past six years, NAAA has successfully lobbied Congress for an additional $3.4 million in federal funds for the USDA-ARS Aerial Application Technology Program to develop new technologies mitigating drift and making applications more cost and environmentally efficiently.
• Forum for Aerial Application Information Exchange – Convention, Compaass Rose program and the Members Only Website.

Joining is easy. Fill out the membership form at the top of this page using your credit card or print out a copy and mail with your check.