Skybase — SMS Program & Opt-In Flow

Skybase (paragliding companion app) · Operated by GetLostAdv, an independent sole proprietorship · Last updated: July 20, 2026

This page documents, for carrier review and for our users, exactly how Skybase's SMS safety-alert program collects consent and what messages it sends. The app requires an account to use, so the complete in-app flow is reproduced here with screenshots.

Opt-in type: VERBAL. The message recipient (the emergency contact) does not use the app. Consent is given verbally, person-to-person: the pilot asks their chosen contact directly whether they agree to receive automated safety texts. The app then (1) requires the pilot to attest to that verbal agreement via an explicit in-app confirmation, recording the timestamp, and (2) sends the contact a one-time enrollment SMS that restates the program in writing and offers STOP opt-out before any alert can ever be sent. The screenshots below show how the verbal consent is recorded and confirmed — the consent itself is verbal.

What the program is

A Skybase user (a paraglider pilot) designates one emergency contact. If the pilot enables the optional automatic overdue alert and is ever overdue from a flight without checking in, Skybase sends that contact an automated SMS with the pilot's last known position. There is no marketing, ever. Typical volume is a few messages per year per contact, hard-capped at 3 messages per number per 24 hours.

Step 1 — the contact agrees verbally

The pilot asks their chosen emergency contact — in person or by phone — whether they agree to receive automated flight-safety texts from Skybase. This person-to-person verbal agreement is the consent; everything below records, confirms, and documents it.

Verbal consent script

This is the exact script the pilot speaks to their emergency contact to obtain verbal consent before enabling the alert:

“I’m adding you as my emergency contact in Skybase, the paragliding app I fly with. If I’m ever overdue from a flight and don’t check in, it will automatically text you my last GPS location so you can get help to me. You’d get one text right away confirming you’re set up, and after that only a real safety alert if I’m actually overdue — no marketing, usually just a few texts a year at most. Standard message and data rates may apply, and you can stop them any time by replying STOP. Is it okay if I list you and have Skybase text you?”

Only if the contact answers yes does the pilot proceed to enable the feature and attest to that consent in the app (Steps 2–3). If the contact declines, the pilot picks someone else or leaves the automatic alert off.

Step 2 — the pilot designates the contact and sees the disclosure

In Settings → Emergency contact, the pilot enters the contact's name and phone number. The feature card discloses, before anything is enabled, that the contact will receive automated texts, will get a one-time enrollment text, can reply STOP at any time, and that message & data rates may apply. The automatic alert is off by default.

Step 3 — the verbal consent is recorded in-app

Turning the auto-alert on does not silently enable messaging. The app asks the pilot to actively confirm that the contact has verbally agreed to receive these texts. Choosing “Not yet” leaves the feature off; the moment of confirmation is recorded with a timestamp. Only after the pilot attests to the verbal agreement does the toggle switch on and the service arm.

Step 4 — the verbal consent is confirmed in writing, with opt-out

Before any alert can ever be sent, the contact receives a one-time enrollment SMS that restates in writing what they verbally agreed to — identifying who enrolled them, what they will receive, and how to opt out:

Hi Sam — Kayo listed you as their emergency contact in Skybase, a paragliding safety app. If they're ever overdue from a flight you'll get an automated alert with their last position. Safety alerts only, no marketing. Msg&data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out.

Replying STOP opts the contact out permanently; Skybase never retries an opted-out number (the safety alert is then simply not sent — the pilot is told to designate someone else). HELP returns program information.

The only other message the program sends

⚠ Kayo is overdue from a flight and hasn't checked in. Last position: https://www.google.com/maps?q=45.51234,-122.68765 (Skybase auto-alert) Msg&data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out.

Program details

Sender: Skybase's automated safety service, operated by GetLostAdv (an independent sole proprietorship).
Recipients: only the single emergency contact a user personally designates and confirms consent for.
Frequency: one enrollment text, then alerts only on a real overdue event — a few messages per year, capped at 3 per number per 24 h.
Opt-out: reply STOP (honored permanently) · Help: reply HELP.
Fees: message & data rates may apply.