Exercise 9-4 Prepare a Flexible Budget Performance Report [LO9-4]

Vulcan Flyovers offers scenic overflights of Mount St. Helens, the volcano in Washington State that explosively erupted in 1982. Data concerning the companys operations in July appear below:

Vulcan Flyovers
Operating Data
For the Month Ended July 31
	Actual Results		Flexible Budget		Planning Budget
Flights (q)		60		60		58
Revenue ($355.00q)	$	16,100	$	21,300	$	20,590
Expenses:
Wages and salaries ($3,500 + $87.00q)		8,686		8,720		8,546
Fuel ($32.00q)		2,086		1,920		1,856
Airport fees ($840 + $32.00q)		2,660		2,760		2,696
Aircraft depreciation ($9.00q)		540		540		522
Office expenses ($230 + $1.00q)		458		290		288
Total expense		14,430		14,230		13,908
Net operating income	$	1,670	$	7,070	$	6,682

The company measures its activity in terms of flights. Customers can buy individual tickets for overflights or hire an entire plane for an overflight at a discount.

Required:

1. Prepare a flexible budget performance report for July that includes revenue and spending variances and activity variances. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)