These Benefits Are Yours!
VAI members have exclusive access to a large and growing slate of programs and discounts to help you power up.
Pick a category below to go directly to those benefits, or scroll down to select from the entire list.
- Elevating Safety
- Increasing Knowledge
- Optimizing Business Operations
- Advocating for the Industry
- Building Industry Connections
Company-Exclusive Benefits
Member companies—and all employees of VAI member companies—have access to company-exclusive benefits not available to individual members.
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Want to upgrade your membership to get company-exclusive benefits—including discounts on exhibiting at VERTICON (formerly HAI HELI-EXPO)? Email Member@verticalavi.org for assistance.
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Elevating Safety
- Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) Program
- Discounts on BowTie Risk-Assessment Software
- SafetyScan Global Accident & Incident Research Tool
- Safety Award for Pilots
- Safety Award for Aviation Mechanics / Engineers
Company-Exclusive Benefits
- Operational Risk and Resilience Accreditation (ORRA) Program
- Safety Management System (SMS) Evaluation & Coaching
- Discounts on Safety Management System (SMS) Software from 6 Leading Industry Providers
- Maintenance Safety Management System (SMS) Program
- Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP)
- Safety Award for Operators
- Cirro by AirSuite Operations & SMS Software

Increasing Knowledge
- VAI Scholarships for Rotorcraft Pilot and Maintenance Students
- 30% Discount on 100+ King Schools Courses
- Purdue Global Tuition Discounts up to 20% for VAI Members and Families
- Discounts on Online Courses for VAI Member Pilots, Managers, Operators, Maintenance & Safety Professionals on VAI Online Academy
- Full Library of Rotor Safety Challenge Sessions on VAI Online Academy
- Discounts on In-Person Education Courses for Vertical Aviation Professionals during VAI Events

Optimizing Business Operations
Advocating for the Industry
- Direct Access to VAI Staff for Your Legislative or Regulatory Questions and Concerns
- Member-Only Analysis of Legislative and Regulatory Impacts
- Advancing Industry Priorities with:
- International and US Advisory Groups and Standards Boards
- US Federal, State, and Local Governments
- International, National, and Regional Civil Aviation Regulatory and Safety Authorities
- Eligibility for Appointment to a VAI Industry Advisory Council to Help Solve Industry Issues

Building Industry Connections
- VAI Member Online Community
- Discounts to Attend VERTICON (formerly HAI HELI-EXPO®)
- Discounts to Attend VAI’s Aerial Work Safety Conference
- Discounts on Registration for Industry Partner Events
Company-Exclusive Benefits
