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Safety, insurance & rescue
Pilots are good at assessing air and bad at assessing everything that happens after a bad landing. This page is about the second part.
This page is a scaffold. The headings are the questions visiting
pilots actually ask — the answers need to come from you, and need
re-checking every season. Delete this strip by removing
needsReview from the page's frontmatter.
Insurance that actually covers you
Most travel policies exclude paragliding outright, and many that cover it exclude Iran. Be specific about which insurers your guests have successfully used, and tell readers to check both exclusions in writing before flying.
Medical cover and repatriation
Explain how medical costs work for a foreign visitor, and whether repatriation cover is realistically obtainable.
Rescue and retrieve
What actually happens after an incident at each region you operate in: who comes, how long it takes, what the nearest hospital is, and what communications work where there is no phone signal.
What we carry
Radios, first aid, tracker, satellite messenger, driver on the ground. This is a selling point as much as a safety note.
Honest risk
Say plainly what makes flying here harder than flying in the Alps: remote terrain, long retrieves, thin rescue infrastructure outside the cities, strong desert thermals. Pilots trust operators who name the downsides.
Minimum experience
State what you require for a guided week, and be willing to turn people away.