¶ INTRODUCTION
The IVAO Headquarters Pilots Group is a group of highly skilled pilots, which task is to provide enough traffic or to perform difficult operations where a controller exam takes place.
The main task of this group is to provide experienced and qualified pilots to division ATC examination.
Why this group have been created ?
- to provide to ATC examiners skilled pilots in order to execute the most difficult manœuvres with minimum of message or communication
- to lower the examiner attention and to trust our pilots because they are trained to fly every approach and every departure and simulate efficiently emergency situations.
- to ensure that our pilots have been tested on their English proficiency.
The main priorities of HQ Pilot Group are the knowledge, concentration and execution skills.
¶ REQUESTING THE HQ PILOT GROUP
The service provided by the Pilots Group is available by request for any controller exams and some official training managed by training department of division.
¶ REQUEST THE HQ PILOT GROUP
HQ pilot group can only be requested by the examiner or the trainer of the training department of division which host the exam.
The Pilots Group needs notification about 5 days in advance to reach all pilots. Try to make your request as soon as possible, as the requests are processed on a first come first served basis.
Rule: A maximum of 3 exams can be allowed per day.
¶ EXAMINER ORGANISATION
Every examiner can call the HQ Pilots for a briefing about 30 minutes prior to the start of the exam.
The examiner is invited to participate to assign tasks and ask questions.
The pilots will try to complete all tasks that are requested in the briefing or ordered via text during the flight, in function of the traffic around and in function of examinee's capabilities.
When more than 4 HQ pilots are attending to an exam, the examiner has the choice to request an exam supervisor. An exam-supervisor is a person who is in contact with all pilots to coordinate different situations. The examiner can still contact all pilots directly.
¶ BECOMING AN HQ PILOT GROUP MEMBER
To be part of HQ Pilot Group, the member should send himself his application. The group will not invite Pilot to participate.
Becoming an IVAO HQ pilot will require the minimum theoretical and practical knowledge asked in Commercial Pilot rank (CP).
¶ APPLICATION TO THE HQ PILOT GROUP
To become a member of HQ Pilot Group, You need to follow the processus below:
- Consult and fulfill the application requirements presented in the HQ Pilot Group application requirements.
- Send your application to the HQ Pilots Management ( HPM and HPAM)
- Pass with success the interview with one or several representative of the HQ Pilots Management
- Pass with success the flight exam described in HQ Pilot Group Entry Examination Procedure
¶ RULES OF THE HQ PILOT GROUP
When you have passed with success the entry exam, you will become part of HQ Pilot Group and you will be invited to our communication channel and media.
New pilots shall have to pass a trial period of 1 month. After that time, his permanent status will be decided in a voting by the members of the HQ Pilots management. Former pilots may rejoin the group at any time. The member has to be allowed by the HQ pilot group management and he will be on trial status again.
Each pilot shall follow the general rules presented below:
- HQ Pilots have to fly at least two (2) exam or training sessions a month. If they are not able, the pilots shall set themselves their account to inactivity period in order to be maintained in the group.
- HQ Pilots shall book exam in our dedicated HQ PILOT website in order to their participation is taken into account for the group.
- If a pilot offends against an IVAO rule (IVAO R&R), his account will be removed from the group immediately by the HQ Pilot Group Managers.
- If a pilot does not attend to the minimum amount of sessions per month, his account can be removed from the group at the discretion of the HQ Pilot Group Managers.
- After 2 months of inactivity, your account status will be turned to inactive. Reactivating inactive accounts is possible via the HQ pilot group Website.
- If a pilot confirmed his participation to one session, but he was not showing up, he will be marked as missing in our statistics.
- HQ Pilots with more than 25/100 of missing exams and training, and after 3 missing exams in their logbook, will be removed immediately from the group.
- All HQ Pilots are required to have a Discord ID, add it to their own profile in the group website and Join to the IVAO HQ Pilots Discord server.
Note: The HQ Pilot Managers may modify the HQ Pilot Group internal rules at any time and shall inform the HQ pilots via our internal communication channel and by updating this document.
Note: As a sign of membership , our pilots get a special HQ Pilot badge inside their profile. (HQ pilots badge and status will be removed when pilot leave the Group).
¶ HQ PILOT GROUP AWARD
If you are the member of the HQ pilot group, you can obtain badges, after reaching a certain amount of exam participation according the table below:
| Award | Award image | Minimum of controller exam participation | Minimum of division covered by exams joined |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze Pilot exam |
 |
25 | 7 |
| Silver Pilot exam |
 |
50 | 15 |
| Gold Pilot exam |
 |
100 | 20 |
| Platinium Pilot exam |
 |
200 | 25 |
Note: These badges remain permanently inside pilots profile when awarded.
Note: The HQ Pilot Managers may modify the HQ Pilot Group internal rules at any time and shall inform the pilots via the HQ Pilots forum and/or Discord Channel.
¶ AUTHOR
VID 150259 TDAM - Update 03 January 2021 - New Wiki integration and rewording.
¶ COPYRIGHT and DISCLAIMER
This documentation is copyrighted as part of the intellectual property of the International Virtual Aviation Organisation.
The content of this documentation is intended for aviation simulation only and must not be used for real aviation operations.