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Member-funded advocacy for the dispatch profession.

$30 a year, flat. ADF is the only US association that advocates exclusively for aircraft dispatchers — pressing the FAA on rulemaking, briefing Congress on flightdeck authority, and holding carriers to the standard the certificate demands. Joining is how that work gets funded, and how the profession keeps its own voice.

Step 1 · Membership tier

Pick the one that fits.

Same $30 dues either way. Regular is for FAA-certificated dispatchers actively working the board; Affiliate is for everyone adjacent — students, instructors, retired, international.

Regular

For the certificated dispatcher.

Eligibility

FAA-certificated aircraft dispatchers actively employed by a US commercial air carrier, flight operations organization, or US military operation.

You shape ADF's official position — votes on it, can stand for the board, and your name carries the comment letters that go to the FAA.

$30

/year

billed annually

Affiliate

For everyone else who's with us.

Eligibility

Students at FAA-approved schools, instructors, retired dispatchers, international colleagues, suppliers, researchers — anyone aligned with the mission.

You fund the same advocacy without holding the cert — and pick up a foot in the door for the day you do.

$30

/year

billed annually

Step 2 · Eligibility

Step 3 · Your details

Account and address.

The username and password are your forum login.

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Why we ask for your home address

We use it to track the spread of dispatchers across congressional districts — that data shapes how we brief members of Congress on the profession. We never share or sell it.

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Country*

Step 4 · Review & pay

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If anything's off, jump back to the relevant step from the rail. Hitting pay sends you to our Stripe checkout for the $30 charge.

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