

HQ - Headquarters: Headquarters is composed by the Executive Council and Departments, who are responsible for Network Operations, Management, and providing assistance to divisions in their tasks.Handoff: Air Traffic Control procedure that consists of transferring control of an aircraft to another air traffic controller.GUARD frequency: Frequency that can be used by the pilot to request assistance in case of emergency (121.500 MHz).Ground station: stations or locations on the surface of the earth that provide an ATS (Air Traffic Service) to aircraft: flight information service, alerting service, air traffic advisory service and/or air traffic control service.A permission that allows a foreign controller to provide service in a division which differs from the member's registered division. They are set to ensure a minimum level of expertise for the position according to the member rating. A system used to filter the connection to ATC positions by rating. Force-act: An automated message sent by an active controller to a pilot that is within their airspace requesting pilot contact for the purpose of providing ATC services.Event account: Account issued by the membership department to an IVAO division for use during events, these accounts may have multiple connections to the network.Division staff: Member that has an assigned staff position at the divisional level.


Administrator: A network status given to specific staff (Governors and some Logistics staff).Account profile: Place where the registered user or organizational account can check their account information.
