2008 Terms & Conditions

Please review our Terms and Conditions before booking your training and jump, or before purchasing flight tickets. If you make a booking or perform any other transaction with Skydive Airkix, either directly or through an agent, you will be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions and they form the basis of your contract with Airkix Skydiving Limited trading as ‘Skydive Airkix’. If you are unsure or have any questions, please contact us before making your payment.

All persons attending the Solo Parachuting (RAPS) Course, Accelerated Free Fall (AFF) Course, or making a Tandem Skydive are required to purchase through us Provisional Student Membership of the British Parachute Association (BPA). This membership is valid for twelve months, and the cost is set out on our price lists (currently £27-30p). Membership of the BPA includes Legal Liability Insurance up to the value of £2,000,000. Once purchased, membership of the BPA is non-refundable and non-transferable.

The BPA Legal Liability Insurance covers you for Third Party risks only, and provides no cover for Personal Accident or Injury or Death. Personal Accident Insurance can be arranged for you by Skydive Airkix, and we strongly suggest that if you do not use the insurer that we recommend, you ensure that you are adequately covered before you commence training (or jumping if you are a regular skydiver).

A non-refundable deposit of £100 per person is required when booking any training course place. Bookings may be changed more than seven days in advance without charge. An administration fee of £50 will be payable if you change the date of your booking with seven days or less notice, unless changed because of bad weather or operational issues at the parachute centre. Anyone failing to show up on the day of their booking will lose the value of the deposit paid. RAPS, Tandem and AFF Courses and Gift Vouchers purchased are valid only for 12-months from the date of the purchase and will then expire.

Payment is accepted by most credit and debit cards, cash or cheque, however cheques will only be accepted if endorsed by Skydive Airkix with the appropriate cheque guarantee card. No business / company cheques will be accepted.

The balance due to Skydive Airkix can be paid at any time up to and including the day of training. Once paid, monies are non-refundable for any reason. If the activity is not able to take place due to weather or operational issues, it will be up to you to return to the parachute centre on another occasion or occasions to complete your jump. In case of bad weather, you will be rebooked at no additional cost.

For Flight Ticket Only sales: tickets are valid for 12-moths from the date of purchase and will then expire; tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable in any event; and exchanged PPC tickets are also subject to Skydive Airkix Terms & Conditions, though they will expire on 31st December 2008 in any event.

You understand that, despite the best training and equipment, parachuting and skydiving in any form holds an element of risk and may result in serious injury or death. You voluntarily accept all risks inherent in the sport and agree for yourself and your personal representatives to indemnify and hold harmless Skydive Airkix the trading name of Airkix Skydiving Limited, and their representatives against any claim or claims whether on your own account or from third parties arising out of any accident or incident resulting in any loss or damage including bodily injury or death. If you cannot accept these risks you must not participate.

Parachutists need a reasonably high standard of physical fitness, and must not be overweight in relation to their sex, age and height. Please note that the minimum age for parachuting is 16 and the maximum age is 55 for RAPS and AFF, unless you have previous parachuting experience or exceptional fitness. Anyone under 18 must have the written consent of a parent or guardian in standard BPA format. The upper age limit for Tandem Skydivers is 70.

Anyone aged 40 or over, including Tandem Skydivers, and anyone suffering or who has suffered from the following conditions, must have a Parachute Medical Certificate signed by their GP:

Epilepsy, fits, severe head injury, recurrent blackouts or giddiness, disease of the brain or nervous system, high blood pressure, heart or lung disease, recurrent weakness or dislocation of any limb, diabetes, mental illness, drug or alcohol addiction, previous fractures, back strain, arthritis and severe joint sprains, chronic bronchitis, asthma, rheumatic fever, pneumothorax, liver or kidney disease, thyroid, adrenal or other glandular disorder, chronic ear or sinus disease. Any condition which requires the regular use of drugs. Anaemia. Recent blood donation.

If any of these conditions apply to you, or a member of your group, please telephone the parachute centre and we will forward the necessary forms. We must have the completed Parental Consent / Medical Declaration prior to commencing RAPS. AFF or Tandem Skydive training. Please bring those documents with you on the day, as they may get lost in the post.

If you arrive at the parachute centre without all the necessary documentation, you may forfeit your activity and all monies paid. If you are unsure about the paperwork required, please contact us. No alcohol must be consumed before or while training, or before skydiving. Skydive Airkix instructors have the right to refuse to let anyone train or jump who is suspected of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

If taking part in RAPS or AFF training, please study the height / weight chart on the Medical Declaration Form, as persons who are unfit or overweight relative to their height cannot be accepted for training. 

The maximum weight is 14.5 stones (92kg) for RAPS and AFF training, and 15 stones (95 kg) for Tandem Skydives. The final decision as to the suitability of any person to jump will be made by the Chief Instructor at Skydive Airkix, and being accepted for training does not automatically entitle you to jump from an aircraft if we deem you to be unfit or in anyway unsuitable. If you have any queries regarding the age and fitness requirements, please contact the parachute centre.

If taking part in wind tunnel training at Airkix Milton Keynes, separate Airkix terms and conditions apply to all flight bookings made by you or by Skydive Airkix on your behalf. Please review those Terms and Conditions before booking with us at www.airkix.com.

All prices, offers, terms and conditions and any promotions may be withdrawn or changed at any time without notice.

Finally, as skydiving requires reasonably good weather, if the forecast is particularly bad (very high winds) we ask you to telephone us on 01832 280490 to check on whether or not you will be likely to jump. 

Policy Statements

The following policy statements are constantly under review.

UK Privacy Policy

General principles

Skydive Airkix respects your privacy and seeks to protect your personal data. We hope that the following information will show you how we gather, use and protect your personal data. More details about the way we use data in a particular Skydive Airkix activity may be found in a notice which is provided to you as part of that activity or by contacting the web address below about that particular service.

We aim to ensure that the processing of personal data by or on behalf of Skydive Airkix is fair and reasonable and that your personal data is secure, accurate and up to date. Generally speaking this means that each time we want to collect personal data we must tell you the purposes for which we use the data and then ask for your consent to that usage. We only use your data for the purposes for which you consent.

Information Skydive Airkix collects and why

Skydive Airkix collects information about our users, suppliers and other individuals it deals with in its day to day business. This information includes contact, registration and payment details, information about the way registered users use our services as well as details of individuals' interests. It is used for administration and to support, improve and obtain feedback on Skydive Airkix activities and to prevent and detect breaches of Skydive Airkix network security, the law or our contract terms.

We may also in the future, for the same purposes, update this information and collect similar information from any direct contact with such individuals and automatically via the individuals' use or participation in or of Skydive Airkix services and activities.

Where allowed by law Skydive Airkix may collate information about individuals which it receives from others with the information we obtain directly from them. The information described above may be retained and used by Skydive Airkix after an individual ceases to use Skydive Airkix services or the individual has ceased dealing with us.

Skydive Airkix will also use all this information to assess what Skydive Airkix activities, products, services, initiatives or ventures may be of interest to individuals and to personalise the service we provide.

If you are registered with Skydive Airkix, Skydive Airkix may contact you to obtain feedback on that service or activity and any improvements we could make to it.

Before you register you can browse our web sites anonymously.

Further information/marketing

If you agree that Skydive Airkix may contact you about those of its services which may interest you and any in some circumstances to invite you to client entertainment and similar events by mail, fax, email and (in certain limited circumstances) by telephone from time to time. You have a right to ask us at any time not to contact you by way of direct marketing.

Transfer of data to third parties

Except where the law permits or unless you agree, Skydive Airkix does not sell or rent your personal data to third parties. In some instances, we may pass information to third parties involved in the execution of a relevant Skydive Airkix activity. You will generally know if such a transfer of your information happens, except if the third parties are simply working on our behalf as administrators (such as companies that process credit card payments) or if the data is required to be disclosed by law on to a regulator.

If we sell a business division to another company and your personal data is used by that business then your data may be transferred to the buyer along with the business for them to use in the same way.

Material you post on interactive forums, chat rooms or some other data collection activity within the control of Skydive Airkix may be available to others using Skydive Airkix information.

If you are registered with Skydive Airkix as an employee of your employer we may pass certain information to your employer about your activities relating to Skydive Airkix where your employer has a legitimate reason to receive it.

Cookies

A "cookie" is a piece of software or information, which may be sent to your computer. Cookies enable us to collect information about how our websites and services are being used and to manage them. We may also use cookies to identify and track specific usage by you on the website. If we send a cookie to your computer, it will not collect information specifically about you unless we have told you what personal information we are collecting and obtained your consent to do so.

Questions

If you have any questions about Skydive Airkix privacy/data protection policy, you should contact us on the following email address: info@skydiveairkix.com