From Hobbs time to a paid invoice, without a spreadsheet
Checking a flight in bills it. The pilot's prepaid balance is applied automatically, the remainder is payable by card, and the money lands in your own Stripe account.
Used by: Owners and whoever does the billing
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What it does
Every line below is something in the product today, not on a roadmap.
Billing a flight
Check-in bills the Hobbs delta at the aircraft's hourly rate and adds the instructor's own rate for the same interval.
The invoice says which lesson the flight was for, so the charge means something to the student receiving it.
A prepaid balance is applied automatically against the new invoice, and what it did not cover stays payable by card.
Re-checking in a flight after an undo does not bill it twice.
Invoices can also be raised by hand for ground instruction, rentals, or anything else.
Getting paid
Students pay any open invoice by card through Stripe Checkout.
Prepaid top-ups with an optional bonus percentage you set, which is how most operations want the block-time discount to work.
You connect your own Stripe account and take 100 percent of what you charge. Path to Sky does not sit in the middle of the money.
Card payments and balance movements are recorded against the invoice, so the ledger reconciles itself.
The invoice itself
Carries your business name, address, tax id, and a footer you write.
Viewable and printable from the browser, with the lesson, the charge lines, what the balance covered, and what is still due.
Emailed to the student when it is raised, if email is configured.
Filterable by pilot and status so the front desk can chase what is outstanding.
