SECTION D $-$ Financial Forecast

Use the spreadsheet we provided in Canvas as the foundation to create your own five$-$year forecast for the firm. Provide summary explanations of your assumptions and rationale as requested below. The rationale for your projections should include the expected effects of your recommended strategy steps above. YYou MUST copy your spreadsheet and paste it at the bottom of the spreadsheet below. $($The spreadsheet means the actual financial numbers, not a chart or graph$)$

$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[2024$ Estimate$],[($We need to develop an$],[$estimate for the rest of$],[$this year before you can$],[$do the $5-$Year projection$)]],\backslash$table$[[$Growth$],[$or$],[$Decline$],[$over$],[2023],[$actual$]],\backslash$table$[[$Sentence or two explanation of the factors that led you to the$],[$average growth rate or decline rate that you ended up with for each$],[$variable below$]]],[$Total Revenues,$-12\mathrm{.}5\%,-$ Explain in detail the logic of your forecast$],[$Operating Expenses,,$-$ Explain in detail the logic of your forecast$],[$Salaries$,$ Benefits,,$-$ Explain in detail the logic of your forecast$],[$Fuel$,,-$ Explain in detail the logic of your forecast$],[$Ops & Mgt$,,-$ Explain in detail the logic of your forecast$],[$Insurance & Claims,,$-$ Explain in detail the logic of your forecast$],[$Otherchased Trans.,,$-$ Explain in detail the logic of your forecast$]]$