Stratus Financial and Lightspeed Aviation has partnered, allowing student pilots to bundle the cost of buying a Lightspeed headset into their flight training loans with no upfront expense.
Founded during the COVID-19 pandemic, Stratus Financial partners directly with flight schools and aviation investors to deliver funding solutions to student pilots.
“Our premium headsets have the essential flight recording feature to help students learn faster and more efficiently,” said Heider Lazzarini, president of Lightspeed Aviation. “The ability to record flight comms, have instant playback, and archive these recordings is an effective way to fast-pace a student’s progression to becoming a pilot. And the carbon monoxide detection with audible voice alerts in the Lightspeed Delta Zulu headset will keep students safe as they are learning to fly in various aircraft throughout their studies.”
“Partnering with Lightspeed reflects our shared commitment to setting students up for success from the start of their training,” said Anthony Geraci, CEO and Co-Founder of Stratus Financial. “By integrating the best safety technology into our financing packages, we’re not just helping students afford flight school — we’re helping them become safer, more confident pilots.”
For more information: LightspeedAviation.com, Stratus.Finance
How does this make getting your private pilot ticket more affordable? This headset is the most expensive one out there. Adding to the cost, plus interest and fees, this does just the opposite.
Actually, Bose is the most expensive one out there which is one reason why Lightspeed has been successful.
And the Lightspeed anr HS is over $1,100 , vs a good passive HS with 22-24 dbA reduction for about $150.!!
[ I have 2 and I never get any ‘noisy’ complaints from passengers ].
I think that a low cost , passive headset is more appropriate for a new , learning pilot. They really need to hear all the noises that aircraft make. The passive headsets provide an adequate level of hearing protection and don’t cancel out some important sounds, like warning horns.
They can eventually choose to change to a noise cancelling HS, if they want.
As an older pilot, I still use a passive headset, and the aircraft noise is not objectionable to me.!
I could not disagree more vehemently.
Your hearing is precious; years of flying light airplanes with old-school David Clark’s, and military jets with ‘government-issued’ helmets, has taken a toll on mine.
You need to take advantage of all the “technology” available to protect it.
That absolutely includes using high quality noise-canceling headsets! I even use foam earplugs in addition to them if required.
I teach in a variety of loud airplanes, and the noise canceling feature does not mask any ‘important sounds’, including stall horns.
I think we can all agree that a loud cockpit can be a very challenging environment to communicate in, let alone instruct in!
Why make it more difficult?
I agree with Jim for student pilots. Considering the reported dropout rate for student pilots is around 80%, they are better off going with a less expensive headset at least until they earn their PPL. At some point, it is definitely worth the upgrade to a noise-cancelling headset, especially if they want to become a professional pilot.
I’ll jump right on this. Right after I finish paying off my Uber Eats pay later account.