TERMS AND CONDITIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RISK PLEASE READ EACH SECTION OF THIS DOCUMENT CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLY BEFORE SIGNING YOUR NAME. CHOOSING TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT RESULTS IN YOU ACCEPTING THAT PARAMOTORING, PARATRIKING AND PARAGLIDING ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SPORTS THAT MAY RESULT IN YOUR DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY. YOU ALSO AGREE TO NOT HOLD THE APPI POWER ORGANISATION, THE SCHOOL, DIRECTORS, INSTRUCTORS, EMPLOYEES AND LAND OWNERS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INCIDENTS WHICH MAY OCCUR DURING TRAINING OR FLYING WHICH ARE NOT A RESULT OF ANY NEGLIGENCE ON THE PART OF THE SCHOOL.
IMPORTANT STATEMENT :
In consideration of Co-Pilot Paragliding, hereinafter referred to as “the school” and standing for all the services provided by it (SIV, Online Coaching, 1v1 Coaching and Group Coaching) allowing yourself, hereinafter referred to as “the participant”, to utilise facilities and participate in Paragliding and their associated activities (Aerobatics, XC, Soaring, etc.) it is agreed that:
1. ASSUMPTION OF RISK
The participant is fully aware that Paragliding and all associated activities are calculated risk sports and contain inherent risks and dangers, including serious injury or death. The participant knows and understands the scope, nature, and extent of the risks involved in the activities contemplated by this agreement. The participant voluntarily and freely chooses to incur any and all such risks and dangers.
2. EXEMPTION FROM LIABILITY
The participant hereby fully and forever discharges and releases the school, its owners or directors, employees, coaches, equipment manufacturers, and owners of land used for Paragliding and activities from any and all liability, claims, demands, actions, and causes of action whatsoever arising out of any damages, both in law and equity, in any way resulting from incidents or property damages sustained by the participant arising out of training, flying or any other vehicle operation, Paraglider or otherwise, or any other device of the school while on the ground or in flight, or while participating in any of the activities contemplated by this release. Exemption from liability includes loss, damage, or injury through no fault of the school’s or any other causes.
3. INDEMNITY AGREEMENT
The participant agrees, for him/her self and his/her heirs, executors, administrators or assigns to indemnify the school, its owner, employees, coaches, successors, equipment manufacturers, or assigns, from any and all losses, claims, actions, or proceedings of any kind which may be initiated by the participant and or any other person or organisation. This includes reimbursement of all legal costs and reasonable council fees incurred by the participant or the school, and indemnified parties, or any of them, for the defence of an incident where the school has not acted negligently which may hereafter arise directly or indirectly from the activities of the participant while engaged in training.
4. CONTINUATION OF OBLIGATION
The participant agrees and acknowledges that the terms and conditions of the above provisions, including ASSUMPTION OF RISK, EXEMPTION FROM LIABILITY and INDEMNITY AGREEMENT shall continue in full force and effect at all times, and shall be binding upon heirs, executors, administrators or assigns of the participant or his/her estate.
5. DISCLAIMER
Any and all Paragliding equipment is specifically not warranted as being merchantable. Paragliding training programs are not licensed by any governmental agency. The school is a member of several international formal and informal groups and associations who have various training procedures to which the participant and school may or may not adhere. The school is the sole proponent for our program.
6. TERMS OF INSTRUCTION
I understand that I am paying for instruction in the sport of Paragliding and that does not guarantee my right to fly. I also understand that in the interests of safety the coach’s word is final, that these sports are weather dependent and that the weather is out of the control of the school.
6.1a 1v1 PERSONAL COACHING SPECIFICITIES
1v1 Personal Coaching requires the full attention and presence of the coach at any time. For that specific case, each day including a minimum of 1 run will be considered as due. In case the location offers several hours of practice and/or is located in another country than the country of residence of the coach each day of the period will be considered as due. The schedule can also be adapted to the needs of the participant (numbers of rest days) but only if this schedule have been discussed and agreed/decided prior to the order with the coach. In case of bad weather preventing the participant to fly during one or several days of the coaching period, Co-Pi- lot will propose to reschedule the missing days (limited to one day maximum and following directly the period) to another date agreed with the participant OR, in the case this reschedule isn‘t possible (the decision relies on Co-Pilot/coach decision only), redirect the participant towards our Online Coaching services in order to provide a service of equivalent value.
6.1b COACHING OUTCOMES
For the coaching (live or online) Co-Pilot doesn’t guarantee any outcome and the different coaches and instructors can’t be held responsible for the participant progresses as the school and its staff provide tools and advices, support and training plans that only the participant, and its personal investment and dedication, will decide of the different outcomes.
6.1c ONLINE COACHING
For Online Coaching, depending on the product chosen, the pilot will have access to his personal coach through the WhatsApp app a certain number of days per week (2,3 or 7) however the pilot understands that this doesn’t guarantee an immediate answer from the coach. The coach reserves his right to decide the time of the day to answer and the pilot agrees that this time can’t be superior to 1 hour per day in total.
6.1d ADVENTURE BUDDY / GUIDING
For the COPILOT ADVENTURE BUDDY / GUIDING, a “DAY” will be considered as due as soon as the payment have been received by Co-Pilot. However if in cases of hardship (illness, accident, death, force majeure) the participant can not attend to the scheduled day, Co-Pilot will then propose to reschedule to another date. If rescheduling is not possible, the participant will be invited to use his cancellation insurance. There will be no refund.
In case the guide/coach has to drive, take a train or fly to the meeting point then the day starts when starts the driving/train/flight. A day is counted from the driving in until the drive back.
When the days are payed in advance (package) then each day of guiding has to be agreed by both parties. If one of the parties isn’t available then no one of the parties can ask for the day do be completed.
6.2 SIV OUTCOMES
For the SIV courses the school doesn’t guarantee any outcome and the different coaches and instructors can’t be held responsible for the participant progresses as the school and its staff provide tools and advices, support and training plans that only the participant, and its personal investment and dedication, will decide of the different outcomes. The school reserves the right to refuse instruction or change the personal program of each participant for safety or any other reason. In the interests of safety, participants must accept that the instructor’s word is final and obey all rules and regulations as instructed to them throughout the course.
IF THE PARTICIPANT IS NOT SATISFIED OF ITS OWN PROGRESSES NOR IF THE OUTCOMES OF THE SERVICES DOES NOT FIT WITH ITS EXPECTATIONS THE SCHOOL CAN´T AND WON´T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. THERE WILL BE NO REFUND.
7. HEALTH AND FITNESS FOR TRAINING, PARAGLIDING AND PARAMOTORING
Paragliding and associated activities are strenuous physical and mental activities. We recommend a complete physical examination prior to sitting a course. All participants agree to make the school aware, before starting the course, of any personal Medical or Physical conditions that may put them at an increased risk of injury or death whilst under instruction. All participants agree to refrain from taking any illegal or performance inhibiting drug for the duration of the course and also from drinking alcohol for 10 hours prior to engaging in Paragliding and associated activities.
8. CANCELLATIONS
The school reserves the right to cancel a course at any time. If a course is cancelled by the school participants are eligible to sit another course at a later date at no extra charge. There will be no refund possible. The school will not be held responsible for transport, accommodation, insurance or any other costs that participants incur in the event of a course being cancelled before it is due to start.
8.1 GENERAL
If you cancel the tour (cancellation) or wish to change or rebook the booked tour, SIV or coaching service, you must inform Co-Pilot personally and immediately.
8.2 PROCESSING FEE
In the event of cancellation, change or rebooking of your tour, a minimum of 100€ per person and a maximum of 200€ per order will be charged as a handling fee (see also section (8.3). These handling fees are not covered by any cancellation cost insurance that may be in place.
8.3 CANCELLATION COSTS
In the event of cancellation of the tour, SIV or Private Coaching within the following deadlines before the start of the period, the following cancellation fees will be charged in addition to the handling fees (section 8.2):
The decisive factor for the calculation of the cancellation or the date of change is the payment of your product to Co-Pilot
– 150 – 100 days before the start of the course 25% of the arrangement price, but at least the costs of personal services (e.g. flights) plus a handling fee of 100€.
– 100 – 90 days before the start of the course 75% of the arrangement price.
– 90-0 days before the start of the trip 100% of the arrangement price.
Cancellation costs are covered by cancellation cost insurance in cases of hardship (illness, accident, death, force majeure). The benefits are based on the applicable insurance policy. The presence of cancellation cost insurance is mandatory for all Co-Pilot arrangements and is the responsibility of the customer.
9. PARTICIPANT INSURANCE COVER
Participants are advised to have comprehensive Accident Insurance cover for the duration of their course with the school. All participants must have their own Repatriation Insurance cover for the duration of their course with the school for courses overseas.
10. REFUNDS AND COURSE VALIDITY
Refunds will only be given according to 8.2 and 8.3. The school will not refund those who decide to no longer sit the course having already started their training nor will refund the participant in the event of bad weather. The school reserves the right to refuse instruction to participants and to not refund their remaining course fee.
THESE SPORTS ARE WEATHER DEPENDENT AND IN THE EVENT OF TRAINING DAYS BEING LOST DUE TO BAD WEATHER PARTICIPANTS WILL NOT BE REFUNDED
11. TERMS OF TRAINING WITH THE SCHOOL
The school reserves the right to refuse instruction. In the interests of safety participants must accept that the coach/instructor’s word is final and obey all rules and regulations as instructed to them throughout the course. Drinking alcohol during the day is strictly prohibited whilst participating in these sports and participants must stop drinking at least 10 hours before the start of the day’s training. All participants must refrain from taking any illegal or performance inhibiting drug for the duration of the course.Participants must not smoke when in the immediate vicinity of the equipment. Paramotoring, ParaTriking and Paragliding are strenuous physical and mental activities. All participants must agree to make the school aware, before starting the course, of any personal medical or physical conditions that may put them at an increased risk of injury or death whilst under instruction. All participants thus declare that they are medically and physically capable of sitting a course with the school.
12. GOLDEN RULES
No Student may:
1. Knowingly place him/herself or another person in physical danger, conceal a
safety hazard or fail to promptly obtain attention for a personal injury.
2. Possess or be under the influence of illegal drugs (This does not include legal
drugs prescribed by a Physician however please make the Co-Pilot Team
aware if there is a risk they could impair your physical ability).
3. Physically or verbally abuse any student/staff member or undermine the
coach in the interests of safety.
4. By pass flying procedures (SOP’s).
5. Interfere with any Paragliding equipment.
The actions listed above have been found to have such great potential for serious injury and/or damage that any student that engages in such actions will be excluded from the course. All students are expected to understand and adhere to these golden rules and to request assistance in questionable situations. Furthermore, all students are encouraged to question the safety performance of all operations and become involved in improving them.
13. FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
The school reserves the right to capture footage and photos of participants during their training course and use this content for the purpose of training, safety and publicity.
BY BOOKING A COURSE, A TRIP OR PURCHASING EQUIPMENT PARTICIPANTS DECLARE THEY ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, ARE COMPLETELY AWARE THAT THE FINAL DECISION RESTS WITH THEM AS THE PILOT AND THAT THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES PHYSICALLY FIT ENOUGH TO COMPLETE A COURSE WITH THE SCHOOL. PARTICIPANTS ALSO AGREE THAT IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS OR ISSUES THAT THEY WILL RAISE THESE IMMEDIATELY WITH THE SCHOOL IN THE INTERESTS OF SAFETY AND COMMUNICATION.
DISCLAIMER 2 :
NO FORM OF AVIATION IS WITHOUT RISK, NO CLAIM IS MADE OR IMPLIED THAT ALL SOURCES OF POTENTIAL DANGER TO THE PILOT HAVE OR CAN BE IDENTIFIED. NO ONE SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN PARAGLIDING WHO DOES NOT RECOGNISE AND WISH TO PERSONALLY ASSUME THE ASSOCIATED RISKS. THEREFORE CO-PILOT WILL NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INCIDENTS WHICH MAY AND DO OCCUR DURING PARAGLIDING ACTIVITY‘S. BY SIGNING THE FORM YOU AGREE TO ASSUMING ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR FLIGHT SAFETY OF YOURSELF DURING THE PERIOD AHEAD.