Legal and operational details
Southwest Airsports, LLC
24261 Palmilla Dr. Wister, Oklahoma 74966 U.S.A.
Updated August 10, 2020
- Release, waiver, & assumption of risk (RWA) All students must sign, date, and return the PASA-USHPA
waiver.
- Weather All training is subject to weather conditions at the training sites and
can be canceled at any time and rescheduled.
- NO Refunds There are no refunds of student fees as a result of lessons being
canceled due to weather conditions. Lessons canceled as a result of weather
will be rescheduled. If we are unable to complete a program due to an
operational shutdown, we will pro-rate a refund of tuition.
There are no refunds or exchanges for students who terminate their training
program with us. Programs are not transferable to another individual. However, we will refund your tuition paid if you have not yet signed the RWA's. Payment of the required
tuition does not guarantee that a student will successfully meet the requirements of a particular rating.
- Missed training A
surcharge up to 50% of the original tuition paid may be charged if a student has missed training for more than (8)
weeks unless it is our fault.
- Reservations for training are required and are
not confirmed until the full tuition fee for the program is paid. Southwest
Airsports LLC reserves the right to modify, change, or delete any aspect of
the training programs or fees at any time. All previous editions of this web
page are obsolete.
- Warning Any form of sport aviation, including paragliding, is
inherently dangerous and can result in death or serious injury to the pilot. Extreme caution must be observed at all times. Paragliding is not a casual sport that you can safely do once in a while,
such as with most other sports. It is an extreme sport. Your long term
safety depends on regular practice and training. Those who paraglide assume
significant risk to their lives and safety.
- Dealing with anxiety If you tend towards panic or get disoriented easily, paragliding is probably not for you. This sport has many dangers and requires steady nerves to do it
safely. The good news is that most people can overcome their natural anxiety/fear of heights enough to fly safely and enjoy this unusual sport. New pilots have to be patient with themselves
as it may take dozens of flights.
Take up this sport if you think you would love the prospect of being like a soaring bird flying above the world and are willing to assume the risks. If you train carefully, these risks are greatly lessened. It is not unnatural to sometimes have modest anxiety while flying a paraglider – it is a good attitude to have as it helps promote proper respect for our sport. - Operations plan
How we prepare for training and what to expect when you begin your training, fly a tandem, or take a discovery flight.
- Emergency action plan If something goes wrong, what do we do?
- Risk management plan and training sites How do we manage risk at our flying and training sites?
- Risk management plan for recreational towing operations We are not doing recreational towing operations at this time.
- Licenses & permits
- Roster of pilots who have a completed waiver on file
We fly because we love paragliding as there is nothing in the entire world like it. The experience is euphoric.