“Can the dominant flight-school operations platform become the financial backbone (lending, leasing, billing) of US pilot training?”
Flight Schedule Pro started in 2000 as scheduling software for flight schools and has steadily expanded into an all-in-one flight-ops platform (scheduling, training, maintenance, billing, reporting). In 2025 the company moved aggressively into embedded finance — launching an exclusive Sallie Mae student-loan integration and a $100M aircraft-leasing facility with Wings Leasing — positioning itself as the financial OS for Part 141/61 flight training, not just the scheduling tool.
Flight Schedule Pro processes payments through Stripe and ProPay.
Flight Schedule Pro's lending and capital products are provided by Sallie Mae and Wings Leasing.
Flight Schedule Pro integrates with QuickBooks Online.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 4 layers in Flight Schedule Pro's stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe and ProPay); Lending (Sallie Mae, Wings Leasing, Sallie Mae Smart Option Student Loans (integrated student financing for flight training) and Wings Leasing aircraft leasing ($100M+ capital commitment, 10-day close)); Unified APIs (Apideck); Accounting (QuickBooks Online).
Flight Schedule Pro was founded by Nick Wegner and Jasen Barnes and is founded in 2000, headquartered in Overland Park, KS, USA.
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