Complying with the applicable legislation, you can find below the informations relative to the Search Engine Optimization and Flight Packs ranking in our Platform. If you have any question, do not hesitate to contact us by using the form here.
There is no capitalistic link or compensation of any nature between members of the community and Windiver which is likely to influence the search engine optimization or the flight packs ranking in our platform. This is also the case for authorized Instructors who post trained flights in the platform.
Any host, as a natural person, having an active account in the platform is authorized to post a flight.
The flight is published and posted among our search results as soon as it respects the search engine optimization conditions below :
You are only authorised to post a flight pack if you fulfill all the following conditions :
(i) you are a proflyer and have a sufficient level for flying with other flyers in the flight chamber of a wind tunnel ;
(ii) you only offer flight packs for flight blocks for which you previously purchased flight time that have been confirmed by the concerned wind tunnel and, in all cases, that you are authorized to offer as shared flight and/or trained flight ;
(iii) (Attendance during the session) you are and remain the main flyer (planner) of the flight pack and your attendance is mandatory during the different flight blocks ;
(iv) you have no contraindication or medical incapacity for indoor skydiving practice ;
(v) you do not intend posting another advert for the same flight pack on the platform ;
(vi) you are responsable of the adequacy between the development of the flight you consider, your flying level, and the number of seats you offer in order to enable an acceptable experience to all participants ;
(vii) you recognise and respect the terms and conditions of the wind tunnel in which you offer a flight pack ;
(viii) you are a consumer and are not acting as a professional.
Furthermore, we are likely to dereference a flight pack or block your account in case you do not respect our T&C’s, in particular, as a planner, as mentionned in replicated Article 8.2 below :
« Furthermore, when you use the Platform as Planner, you undertake :
(i) to respect all laws, regulations and codes applicable to the practice and/or the training of indoor skydiving ;
(ii) to check that your insurance covers your flying practice ;
(iii) not to take any risk during the Flight, not to take any product that may impair your attention and your abilities to practice vigilantly and completely safely ;
(iv) to post Flight Packs corresponding only to Flights actually planned ;
(v) to perform the Flight as described in the Flight Pack (notably with regard to the number of participants, type of Flight, etc..) and to respect the times and places agreed with the other Members ;
(vi) not to take more Participants than the number of Seats indicated in the Flight Pack ;
(vii) in the case of unforeseen event or change to the time of one of the Flights, to inform your Participants without delay ;
(viii) to wait for Participants at the agreed meeting place for at least 30 minutes before the time of the first Flight ;
(ix) not to post a Flight Pack relative to Flight Blocks you do not own or that you are not authorised to use for the purposes of Shared Flight or Trained Flight ;
(x) to ensure you can be contacted by your Participants by phone on the number registered on your profile ;
(xi) not to generate any profit on Flight time via the Platform ;
(xii) not to have any contraindication or medical incapacity for practicing indoor skydiving ;
(xiii) to behave appropriately and responsibly during the Flights, and in compliance with the spirit of indoor skydiving. »
Concerning trained flights, only instructors that have been approved by Windiver after having their qualifications checked are authorized to post some of their trained flights in the platform.
Flight packs are classified by chronological order in the platform, this means according to the date and hour of the first flight posted by the host or the instructor, from the earliest flight to the latest.
Furthermore, on the top of each page of results, a « Filters » block is located. These filters allow to refine search results by :
(i) the distance regarding a specific address given by the user, classifying then the results from the closest to the furthest ;
(ii) the date or within the specific and given dates by the user, classifying then the search results by chronological order for the date or within the given dates, that means according to the date and hour of the first flight as posted by the host or the instructor, from the earliest flight to the latest ;
(iii) a combination of the address and the date or within the precise and given dates by the user, classifying then the search results by chronological order regarding the date or within the given dates, that means, according to the date and the hour of the first flight posted by the host or the instructor, from the earliest flight to the latest, then from to closest to the furthest with respect to the given address of the user.
We allow professional Instructors to post some of their trained flights on our platform. These flights are ranked in accordance with the explanation in the paragraph 1 above.
There is no capitalistic link or compensation of any nature with the Instructors. After the approval of their registration, we don’t receive any compensation from these professionals : we only apply the same fee as the shared flight fee, paid by the participants. The amount posted on our platform for these trained flights includes thus the amount of the cost contribution of the flight time previously purchased to the wind tunnel by the instructor and our service fee (tax-included). The fees regarding the trained session by the instructor, which amount and terms can be stated in the flight pack description should be considered as an extra fee by the participant and must be paid directly to the instructor during the flight, windiver is not taking part in that transaction.
In accordance with the provisions in Article D.111-8 of the consumer Code, we inform you that :
(a) Persons authorized to post flight packs on our platform are only (i) natural persons who created an account in the platform as a non-professional and who published shared flights and (ii) the qualified instructors authorized by Windiver to post some of their trained flights in the platform.
(b) Our platform dedicated to wind tunnel flight time sharing for indoor skydiving practice, allows to (i) bring together experienced flyer (proflyer) who is in possession of a reserved access for wind tunnel time for his own account and other experienced flyers in order to share the practicing space (flight chamber) and therefore the associated costs and (ii) book seats for wind tunnel training flight time with a qualified indoor skydiving instructor authorized by Windiver to post some of their trained flights in the platform.
(c) In the context of flights, we collect, in exchange for use of the platform, service fees calculated on the basis of the cost contribution, where appropriate. The methods for calculating the service fees in force can be provided on simple request sent to the email address contact@windiver.com.
(d) In the context of a shared flight or trained flight, and after automatic acceptance of the booking, Windiver shall collect the whole of the sum paid by the participant (service fees and cost contribution). The cost contributions received by Windiver are deposited in an account dedicated to payment of the hosts and instructors.
(e) The cancellation of a seat on a flight by the planner or the participant after booking confirmation is subject to the stipulations hereunder :
- In the case of cancellation owing to the Planner, the Participant is refunded the whole of the sum paid (i.e. the Cost Contribution and the related Service Fees). This is notably the case when Planner cancels a Flight. Windiver reserves the right to suspend your Account, limit your access to Services or cancel these T&C’s if cancellations are considered, to its sole discretion, as to frequent and/or repeated ;
- In the case of cancellation owing to the Participant :
If the Participant cancels more than 7 days before the planned Flight time as mentioned in the Flight Pack, the Participant shall only be refunded the Cost Contribution. The Service Fees are retained by Windiver and the Planner does not receive any sum of any nature ;
If the Participant cancels less than 7 days or 7 days before the planned Flight time as mentioned in the Flight Pack, the Participant shall not be refunded the Cost Contribution paid at the time of Booking, the Service Fees are retained by Windiver, and the Planner receives 100% of the Cost Contribution ;
If the Participant do not arrive at the meeting point at least one hour before the planned Flight time, the Wind tunnel can refuse the access to the Flight Chamber (regarding its own T&C’s) and no refund shall be issued. The Planner shall be compensated with the whole of the Cost Contribution and the Service Fees are kept by Windiver.
Version 1.0 - updated on January 3rd 2019