Bristow Group, Inc. (VTOL) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Good day, everyone, and welcome to Bristow Group's second quarter of 2026 earnings call. Today's call is being recorded. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during that time, simply press star followed by the number five on your telephone keypad. At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Red Tillohan, Senior Manager of Investor Relations and Financial Reporting. Thank you, Ami. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Bristow Group's second quarter of 2026 earnings call. I am joined on the call today with our President and Chief Executive Officer, Chris Bradshaw, and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Jennifer Whalen. Before we begin, I'd like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that during the course of this call, management may make forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that are described in more detail on slide three of our investor presentation. You may access the investor presentation on our website. We will also reference certain non-GAAP financial measures such as EBITDA and free cash flow. A reconciliation of such measures to GAAP is included in the earnings release and the investor presentation. I will now turn the call over for President and CEO. Bristow? Thank you, Red. I'll begin with a brief note on safety, which remains Bristow's number one core value and highest operational priority. The company has delivered on our goal of zero air accidents year-to-date 2026. With regard to occupational safety, we are pleased that the number of lost work days is down from this time last year, and we are on track to achieve our third consecutive year of fewer lost work days. I would like to thank everyone on the Bristow team for th...