![]() It remains a high priority to reach agreements on all of our open Labor contracts and reward our superb Employees with wage increases as soon as possible. ![]() The tentative agreement requires membership ratification and, if ratified, provides immediate and future compensation increases for more than 8,000 Employees. Additionally, we recently reached a tentative agreement with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), who represent our Customer Service Agents, Customer Representatives, and Source of Support Representatives. I am very pleased that we were able to reward our Aircraft Appearance Technicians-represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA)-through a new five-year agreement, which was ratified earlier this month and provides immediate and future compensation increases for nearly 170 Employees. "I am grateful to our Employees for their continued focus on Teamwork, Customer Service, and operational execution. We quickly resumed full service to all affected airports with the exception of Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, which is currently expected to operate a reduced flight schedule through at least the end of this year. "Our thoughts remain with those impacted by Hurricane Ian. We remain focused on maintaining our current momentum and expect to generate strong profits and margins in fourth quarter 2022, based on current trends and barring any significant unforeseen events. We continue to execute well against our full year 2022 non-fuel cost guidance, despite cost headwinds due to operating at suboptimal productivity levels and significant inflationary cost pressures. Our fuel hedging strategy continues to provide protection against persistently high jet fuel prices, and we are 61 percent hedged in fourth quarter 2022 and 50 percent hedged in full year 2023. Leisure and business demand remains strong, and we currently expect revenue trends to improve sequentially from third quarter to fourth quarter 2022, despite lower capacity. Following record summer leisure travel demand, revenue trends remained strong in September 2022, bolstered by improving business travel trends post-Labor Day.
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