SOP 1 - General Guidelines
1. Advance bookings Only
2. Use Covid Questionnaire as a pre-emptive measure
3. 100% Advance Payment only. Please avoid paying in cash to avoid contact
4. Strict Recommendations for Student Pilots –
– Wash hands regularly or use a hydroalcoholic sanitizers
– Cough or sneeze in your elbow or use disposable napkin
– Avoid touching the face
– Greet without shaking hand and no hugs
– Blow your nose in a handkerchief for single use then throw it away
– Respect a distance of at least one meter with others at all times
– Wear a mask all the time
5. Proper precautions and measures of sanitizing and distancing to be maintained while travelling by all participants
6. The responsibility of keeping oneself covid safe lies on each individual participant
SOP 02 - Guidelines for Paragliding Schools
1. Sanitizers will be available with all the instructors
2. All the Instructors & the crew will do the covid tests and provide a proof for being negative. Test report will be available in the school
3. Instructors to carry their own
– Hydroalcoholic Sanitizer
– Individual N95 masks
– Gloves (Nitrile gloves only)
– Eye protection (Goggles)
Sharing of any of the above items is strictly prohibited
4. Training Operation will be conducted only if it is 100% safe to train. Final call will be of the Instructor in charge. An accident in such times would further burden already
overextended health and emergency services. This may not only affect your care but reduce the resources being used to fight COVID-19, putting others at risk.
5. Training operators will have clear emergency response plan and emergency preparedness(First aid box, Ambulance on call, Stretcher etc).
6. Before the final booking, provide the Covid Questionnaire to student pilots
7. Site transportation vehicle must be sanitized from time to time & to maintain the safe social distancing norms, max number of people in one vehicle should be
not more than 4(Tata sumo), 7 (Tempo Traveller), 5 (Cruiser)
8. Student Helmets must be cleaned using sterilized wet wipes & spray sanitized after end of the day
9. Equipment must be sanitized or cleaned after each course, conforming to the guidance of the manufacturer
10. Instructors & the ground crew should be checked for temperature & Oxygen levels at the start of the day, everyday. In case of any signs or symptoms of Covid, Instructors must follow quarantine guidelines & should not report to work & should not endanger the student pilots in any way. Acceptable levels of Oxygen & Temperature: Oxygen above 90 and temperature below 101.
11. Students should be checked for temperature & Oxygen levels on their arrival, at the start of the day, everyday. In case of any signs or symptoms of Covid, students must quarantine themselves wherever they are staying or admit themselves in the nearby hospital if the need arises. Acceptable levels of Oxygen & Temperature: Oxygen above 90 and temperature below 101.
12. To avoid crowding and risk of contamination at the flying site, only bare minimum ground crew to be allowed at the flying site
13. In case, Instructor or a crew member is tested positive for covid, then compulsory quarantine period before instructor starts the activity is 21 days from the day test is being done. Instructor or a crew member can resume ops only if there are no symptoms after 21 days.
14. Training School should arrange for biomedical waste management for disposing of mask and gloves at the site. If this is not possible then do not dispose biomedical
waste like masks and gloves etc outdoors or in a normal bin. Such waste should be disposed in nearby hospital.
SOP 03 - Guidelines for Paragliding Students
1. All the students who are booking for a course must provide the latest Covid negative certificate
2. Students should be checked for temperature & Oxygen levels on their arrival, at the start of the day, everyday. In case of any signs or symptoms of Covid, students must quarantine themselves wherever they are staying or admit themselves in the nearby hospital if the need arises. Such students will be allowed to do the course when they are fit to train. Acceptable levels of Oxygen & Temperature: Oxygen above 90 and temperature below 101.
3. Students must carry their own
– Hydroalcoholic Sanitizer
– Individual N95 masks
– Gloves (Nitrile gloves non powedered)
– Eye protection (Goggles)
– Sterilized wet wipes
– Personalised Water Bottles (2 litre)
Sharing of any of the above items is strictly prohibited.
4. All the social physical distancing norms as mentioned by State and Central government must be followed by all the students during outdoor and indoor sessions
5. Site transportation vehicle will be sanitized time to time but to maintain the social distancing norms, max number of people in one vehicle would be 5 in Cruiser and 6 in Tempo Traveller.
6. Helmets to be sanitized after every outdoor session
7. If participants do not adhere to Covid guidelines then organizer has the right to stop their services
