Leases, Commitments, Guarantees and Contingencies - Guarantees (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Leases, Commitments, Guarantees and Contingencies
Guaranteed amount received as consideration, percentage		6.50%
Other income, net
Leases, Commitments, Guarantees and Contingencies
Gain on sale of common stock	$ 0.5
Debt \| Aircraft and engines
Leases, Commitments, Guarantees and Contingencies
Guaranteed amount		$ 19.8
Term of guarantee obligations		5 years

Amount of gain (loss) on sale of common stock received as guaranteed amount.

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Period of guarantee, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The percentage of guaranteed amount received as consideration.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) the guarantor could be required to make under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees before reduction for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions.

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