04 — Instructor payouts
Instructor pay that adds itself up.
Instructor pay is usually a spreadsheet reconciled at month end from memory and text messages. In StratusLog it is a line on every flight. The instructor sees it accumulate, and the owner pays it out without leaving the app.
A rate per instructor, a line per flight
Give each instructor an hourly rate. Every flight they log adds the matching amount to their earnings for the period, visible to them the moment they save. Ground sessions, discovery flights, and rentals count according to your rules.
Straight to their bank
Instructors connect a bank account through Stripe once. Payouts go from the school's Stripe account to theirs, with the flights that made up the amount listed on the record. No envelopes, no Venmo, no end-of-month argument.
Who sees what
An instructor sees their own earnings and nothing else. Owners see every instructor's activity and the full payout history. When an owner gives a student a discount, the instructor is still paid in full.
Questions about instructor payouts
How are instructors paid?
Each instructor carries an hourly rate. Every flight they log adds the matching amount to their earnings, which they can see from their own account. Instructors connect a bank account through Stripe once, and payouts go from the school's Stripe account straight to theirs, with the flights that made up the amount on the record. Owners see every instructor's activity and the full payout history; instructors see only their own.
Can I override billing rates per student?
Yes. Set school defaults for dual, solo, ground, rental, and discovery rates, override them per aircraft, and override them again on individual students for discounts, programs, or partner deals. Only owners can discount a flight, and every discount records a reason on the invoice. A discounted lesson still pays the instructor in full.
Is my school's data secure?
Sensitive credentials such as Stripe secret keys are encrypted server-side with AES-256-GCM. Each school's data is isolated at the database level, so a multi-location operator never sees one school's records from another. Roles control who sees what: students see only their own data, instructors see their lessons and earnings, owners see everything. You can export your data at any time.
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