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| We are pleased with SWC's progress and the sport charter bookings for this fall and winter have been significantly higher than we originally anticipated |
| Quite candidly, we're grateful for the sensitiveness that everyone is moving forward in the world we're living in today and keeping safety the utmost paramount priority that we have and we continue to have what we hope is a very good, well executed and safe holiday season and we will return back and report on the fourth quarter in 3 months |
| We've been working with United on this deal for a while, right? And United has been extremely supportive of us to continue to get a very good complete 175 fleet in their large dual-class scope with them |
| And we have seen some interesting things relative to attrition with captains with what we've done over the past 18 months, so that's been a very positive impact, probably the most positive impact that we've seen in the last 12 months |
| They could see that we were improving, that our demand is coming back, that we're able to fulfill these contracts |
| Three, maintain a healthy and strong balance sheet that continues to help create opportunities benefiting our people, our partners and our shareholders |
| SkyWest teams continue to deliver exceptional performance, helping the airline achieve top 3 DOT on-time carrier status now for several months out of the year |
| So far this year, SkyWest has delivered a record of more than 240 100% completion days when adjusted for weather, the most in a single year in our history |
| This is an outstanding achievement but even more so when you realize that we report performance at more than 240 airports nationwide |
| But yes, we see good demand over the next couple of years for sure |
| We've actually, between both leasing and selling some assets, we've had very strong demand in both our -- in all types of our engines |
| The demand has been really strong |
| We're fortunate to have positive working relationship with our labor representatives that enables us to move quickly on behalf of our teams |
| This unique relationship continues to benefit our people and helps us consistently deliver an outstanding product |
| And with the captain situation beginning to stabilize, we feel good about adding another 19 175s over the next 3 years |
| All of our major partners that we had in this one was very good and it was a good transaction for us |
| Demand for these charters is extremely strong and we are encouraged by SWC's business |
| Regardless of the status of that application, we're pleased with strong demand for SWC's product and are very optimistic about its future |
| In fact, charter demand is stronger than we originally anticipated with the SWC fleet now at 13 aircraft |
| SWC is certainly exceeding expectations even without commuter authority |
| We anticipate SWC could create a positive contribution to our earnings beginning in November |
| Overall demand for each of our products remains exceptionally strong |
| And then maybe another one on SWC, that being a positive contribution to earnings in November on better-than-expected demand |
| It's part of the picture that we're seeing where we can actually be motivated with our expertise, with our impeccable safety record and our procedures that we have that are absolutely proven and the best in the industry to carry our product forward to different models in different places |
| These cash-related numbers tell an important story about the quarter that we continue to generate positive free cash flow from operations despite production constraints |
| Our strong free cash flow also benefits from a lower investment in CapEx than in prior years |
| Our balance sheet and solid liquidity continue to be powerful tools to create shareholder value |
| From our perspective, I mentioned earlier that as SkyWest is used to being a very strong top performer in the overall aviation industry and as we start to penetrate into some of these other markets and models, we're finding a very strong welcome mat that people are very interested in what we have to do with this entity |
| While I can't promise that there's going to be a lot of these coming, I can say that this is a very direct part of our strategy and we're significantly better positioned than anybody else given what we can do with our balance sheet, the most amazing professionals in the industry and our creativity |
| We think that we are going to have and build some relatively good momentum in the back half of 2024 into 2025 with this |
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| Pilot availability and specifically captain availability has been an ongoing challenge here and across the industry and we continue efforts to stabilize our crew balance |
| Leasing and other revenue is down by less than $2 million sequentially and year-over-year |
| While we do not operate in these areas, the SkyWest team is made up of thousands of people from different backgrounds, countries and cultures and together, we mourn the loss of innocent lives |
| We definitely see the supply chain challenges and there's lots of people in the market that are reaching out for engines really at this point for help |
| As Wade will discuss in a minute, we anticipate our Q4 block hours to be flat to down slightly from Q3, primarily due to seasonal factors |
| It seems like what we're hearing everywhere is much slower growth next year |
| Q3 revenue breaks down with contract revenue up 2% from Q2 and down 5% from Q3 2022 |
| Captain attrition has continued to stabilize through this quarter and attrition was again slightly lower than planned |
| But there's a lot of headwinds at the same time |
| All of the schools that we work with, our cadet program has never been stronger than it is today |
| I will tell you there's a lot of headwinds to having more of these though |
| Because that's the number one shocking thing for us getting into this space is how bad the competition is to be candid |
| Total Q3 revenue of $766 million is up 6% sequentially from Q2 2023 and down 3% from Q3 2022 |
| And I guess the third one is the overcapacity because I think -- I mean, it's not to say that we're still not out of the pilot supply problem because there still is a lot of time and cycles we have to produce to produce captains |
| You said it was $300 million lower than -- or this year lower than 2022 |
| I want to start by saying how devastated we are by the horrific attacks on Israel and the escalating conflict in the Middle East that has put millions of innocent lives at risk |
| We ended the quarter with cash of $820 million, down $42 million from $862 million last quarter |
| Our debt net of cash continues to be lower than our pre-pandemic levels of 2019 |
| But to the extent that you've got some challenges in making sure that we get the right pricing of aircraft and get them financed the right way, the beauty of it is, is we think at SkyWest we are by far the most competitive in the industry of being able to be creative to do more of these more than anybody else |
| And it will take some time to regain our crew balance and restore production and full utilization of our fleet |
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