The increase was also partially due to increased depreciation, maintenance, and travel expenses tied to higher utilization in the field.

Mar 13, 2025 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / Eric Jarrett, CFO | earnings call 2025-03-13 | transcript 878b53a2-a69d-4f71-b824-f6d32eaa7cd5 | chars 9858-9994 | segment 10

So, yeah, you mentioned a few, so we definitely saw - some inflationary pressure in, like most companies in the area, salaries, wages, benefits, kind of on that piece of the puzzle, as well as, you know, we especially during fire season incur a lot of costs in terms of travel with our crews and mechanics going all over the country to support our efforts.

Nov 11, 2024 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / Eric Jarrett, CFO | earnings call 2024-11-11 | transcript 1fd8a072-8180-4c50-b556-6b31a433fbff | chars 20193-20549 | segment 20

In terms of maintenance, In addition to the labor and benefit side of things and travel, we also saw some pressures in terms of some of our small parts and replacement parts that we use. We're looking at opportunities and have done some things to try to make our inventory as efficient as possible to try to reduce those impacts and kind of manage those costs. On the travel side, we also have looked at and have done some things in some areas where we We leverage some crew housing, some things like that, so we're not always in hotels and things of that nature. So we've done a decent job of managing it, but there's definitely been those pressures there.

Nov 11, 2024 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / Eric Jarrett, CFO | earnings call 2024-11-11 | transcript 1fd8a072-8180-4c50-b556-6b31a433fbff | chars 20616-21273 | segment 21

The increase relates to higher flight operation expenses related to the earlier than typical fleet deployment, as well as higher employee labor and other expenses associated with an additional super scooper aircraft that was placed into service in February of 2023.

May 13, 2024 / CFO / receipt, needs a key / Eric Jarrett, CFO | earnings call 2024-05-13 | transcript c782ca57-f704-409f-a51b-fc1d9c2f157e | chars 7695-7960 | segment 7