Eligibility.
GCBA membership is open to organisations and individuals engaged in, or supporting, the professional practice of air charter brokerage.
Applicants provide documented company information, confirm their business type and disclose regulatory history and material conflicts.
- Legal registration and legitimate business activity.
- Accurate identification of role: broker, operator, service provider or professional.
- Agreement to the Code of Professional Conduct.
- Consent to profile review under the directory methodology.
- Disclosure of relevant enforcement or regulatory history.
A membership decision the Association can defend in public.
Who the framework is designed for
GCBA exists for organisations and individuals whose day-to-day work is the professional arrangement of air charter — the brokers who quote, contract and coordinate flights on behalf of clients, and the specialists who support them. Eligibility is open to sole practitioners and large brokerages alike; what matters is that the applicant genuinely operates as a charter broker, not that they meet an arbitrary size threshold.
Operators, service providers and aviation professionals may join at appropriate tiers. Their role is recorded distinctly: the directory never conflates a broker with an operator, and membership status never implies an aircraft operating certificate.
“An association whose only entry test is a payment method is not an association. It is a subscription.”
What applicants are asked to demonstrate
Applicants provide documented company information — legal registration, principal place of business, ownership where relevant — and confirm the role in which they trade. Where a tier requires evidence of practice, the applicant produces redacted engagement documents or comparable records sufficient to show that the described role reflects real activity.
Disclosure obligations apply from the moment an application is submitted. Applicants disclose material enforcement or regulatory history, any conflicts of interest that could affect their conduct, and any relationships with Board or Advisory Board members. Disclosure does not necessarily bar admission; concealment does.
Expectations on admission
Admission carries an ongoing expectation that the member will operate consistently with the Code of Professional Conduct and the wider standards framework. Members notify the Association of material changes to their circumstances — ownership, regulatory status, principal activity — within a reasonable period, so that the directory record remains accurate.
Membership can be suspended or withdrawn where a member no longer meets the eligibility criteria or fails to cooperate with a review, consultation or complaints process. The procedure is documented in the complaints page and applied consistently across tiers.
What eligibility is not
Eligibility is not a safety endorsement. It is not a government approval. It is not, on its own, evidence that a specific engagement is well-executed. It is the confirmation that a member has satisfied the Association's stated admission criteria and has accepted the obligations that follow. Clients and counterparties are encouraged to read the directory profile alongside the standards themselves.