Ag Aviation Industry Needs Your Information – Please Participate in NAAA Industry Survey, Coming to Your In-Box from [email protected]

The aerial application industry was released a few weeks ago, but we need far more ag operators and pilots to answer the call for data. The participation rate for the last industry in 2018 was over 35% – it’s important that at the very least we match that response rate with this survey. The current survey has 25% fewer questions than the 2018 survey, so NAAA is hoping for an even greater response rate this time.

This survey will be used to document the acres treated by different aircraft types, including airplanes, helicopters, and drones. If you want the public and government officials to know the important role your operation and aircraft plays, you need to complete the survey. Your response can lead to having a greater inventory of pesticides for aerial use and protections from obstacles in the low-altitude environment.

For operators, the survey will ask you to confirm your operation’s Part 137 certificate number. Your certificate number will not be associated in any way with your responses to the survey. Your certificate number is being used to verify that we reach out to every ag aviation operation in the U.S. It also protects the accuracy of the data by preventing outside meddlers from entering false information.

NAAA is aware the survey is not a simple and quick series of questions. The questions asked are based on real data needs for promoting the importance of our industry. Remember that you can save your place and come back to complete the survey – this means that once you start, you’re not committed to finishing the whole survey right then and there.

Currently invitations are being emailed to every Part 137 operation and ag pilot that NAAA has an email address for. If you have not yet received an invitation, first check your email’s spam or junk email folder to make sure your invitation isn’t there. The email will be coming from the email address [email protected]. You may be able to set your email service’s spam filter to allow emails from this address to come through. The email header will look like this:

If you still can’t find your email invitation, click the button below to email NAAA to make sure we have your correct email address.

Thank you in advance for taking this important industry survey.