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BASIS OF PRESENTATION, CONSOLIDATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION, CONSOLIDATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies)
 6 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation
Basis of Presentation
The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Bristow Group Inc. and its consolidated entities. On January 23, 2020, Era Group Inc. (“Era”), Ruby Redux Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Era (“Merger Sub”) and Bristow Group Inc. (“Old Bristow”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, as amended on April 22, 2020 (the “Merger Agreement”). On June 11, 2020, the merger (the “Merger”) contemplated by the Merger Agreement was consummated and Merger Sub merged with and into Old Bristow, with Old Bristow continuing as the surviving corporation and as a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Era. Following the Merger, Era changed its name to Bristow Group Inc., and Old Bristow changed its name to Bristow Holdings U.S. Inc. Unless the context otherwise indicates, in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, references to:
•the “Company”, “Combined Company,” “Bristow”,  “we”, “us” and “our” refer to the entity currently known as Bristow Group Inc. and formerly known as Era Group Inc., together with all of its current subsidiaries;
•“Old Bristow” refers to the entity formerly known as Bristow Group Inc. and now known as Bristow Holdings U.S. Inc., together with its subsidiaries prior to the consummation of the Merger; and
•“Era” refers to Era Group Inc. (currently known as Bristow Group Inc., the parent of the Combined Company) and its subsidiaries prior to consummation of the Merger.
Pursuant to the United States (“U.S.”) generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the Merger was accounted for as an acquisition by Old Bristow of Era even though Era was the legal acquirer and remained the ultimate parent of the Combined Company. As a result, upon the closing of the Merger, Old Bristow’s historical financial statements replaced Era’s historical financial statements for all periods prior to the completion of the Merger, and the financial condition, results of operations, comprehensive income and cash flows of Era have been included in those financial statements since June 12, 2020. Any reference to comparative period disclosures in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q refers to Old Bristow.
The Company’s fiscal year ends March 31, and fiscal years are referenced based on the end of such period. Therefore, the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022 is referred to as “fiscal year 2022”.
The condensed consolidated financial information for the three and six months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020 has been prepared by the Company in accordance with GAAP and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial information reporting on Quarterly Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted from that which would appear in the annual consolidated financial statements. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 27, 2021.
The preparation of these financial statements and accompanying footnotes requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions; however, they include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the condensed consolidated balance sheet, the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows and the condensed consolidated statements of changes in stockholders equity.  Operating results for the interim period presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the entire fiscal year. 
The condensed consolidated financial information found on this Quarterly Form 10-Q has not been audited by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
Basis of Consolidation
Basis of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Bristow Group Inc., its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries and entities that meet the criteria of variable interest entities (“VIEs”) of which the Company is the primary beneficiary. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions are eliminated in consolidation.
Reclassifications Reclassifications — Certain amounts reported for prior periods in the consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform with the current period’s presentation.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company considers the applicability and impact of all accounting standard updates (“ASUs”). ASUs not listed below were assessed and determined to be either not applicable or are expected to have minimal impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
Adopted
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform” (Topic 848). The guidance is intended to provide optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions to ease the financial reporting burdens related to the expected market transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates. The standard was effective beginning in fiscal year 2022 for the Company. Adoption of this accounting standard had no material impact to the Company’s financial statements.
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, “Income Taxes” (Topic 740), new guidance to simplify the accounting for income taxes, which eliminates certain exceptions for recognizing deferred taxes for investments, performing intraperiod allocation and calculating income taxes in interim periods. This standard also included guidance to reduce complexity in certain areas, including recognizing deferred taxes for tax goodwill and allocating taxes to members of a consolidated group. The standard was effective beginning in fiscal year 2022 for the Company. Adoption of this accounting standard had no material impact to the Company’s financial statements.
Not Yet Adopted
In May 2021, the FASB issued ASU Update No. 2021-04, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Debt—Modifications and Extinguishments (Subtopic 470-50), Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718), and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40). The purpose of this update is to clarify and reduce diversity in practice for the accounting of certain modifications or exchanges of equity written call options. Under the guidance, an issuer determines
the accounting for the modification or exchange based on whether the transaction was done to issue equity, to issue or modify debt, or for other reasons. The standard will be effective for the Company beginning in fiscal year 2023 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect this accounting guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.
Revenue Recognition
Revenue Recognition
The Company derives its revenues primarily from oil and gas flight services, government services and fixed wing services. A majority of the Company’s revenue is generated through two types of contracts: helicopter services, which includes oil and gas, government and other services, and fixed wing services. Revenue is recognized when control of the identified distinct goods or services has been transferred to the customer, the transaction price is determined and allocated to the satisfied performance obligations and the Company has determined that collection has occurred or is probable of occurring.
The Company determines revenue recognition by applying the following steps:
1.Identify the contract with a customer;
2.Identify the performance obligations in the contract;
3.Determine the transaction price;
4.Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations; and
5.Recognize revenue as the performance obligations are satisfied.
Operating revenue from the Company’s oil and gas line of service is derived mainly from fixed-term contracts with its customers. Fixed-term contracts typically have original terms of one to five years, subject to provisions permitting early termination by customers. Customers are typically invoiced on a monthly basis with payment terms of 30-60 days.
The following table shows the total revenues (in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30, Six Months Ended September 30,
  2021 2020 2021 2020
Revenues from contracts with customers $ 295,968  $ 294,245  588,566  553,653 
Total other revenues 5,616  10,395  13,620  21,180 
Total revenues 301,584  304,640  602,186  574,833 
Beginning in fiscal year 2022, the revenues by line of service tables have been modified to more accurately reflect how management views the Company’s lines of service. These changes include the addition of a Government services line of service which includes revenues from U.K. SAR, the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (“BSEE”), and other government contracts. In addition, our Other activities and services (“other” services) will now reflect revenues derived from leasing aircraft to non-governmental third party operators, oil and gas contracts that do not materially fit into one of the three major oil and gas operating regions and other services as they arise. As such, operating revenues from Asia Pacific oil and gas services are now shown under other services following the exit of that line of service in the Asia Pacific region. Prior period amounts will not match the previously reported amounts by individual lines of service. Management believes this change provides more relevant information needed to understand and analyze the Company’s current lines of service.
Revenues by Service Line. The following table sets forth the operating revenues earned by service line for the applicable periods (in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30, Six Months Ended September 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
Oil and gas services $ 193,681  $ 204,790  383,465  396,385 
Government services(1)
69,742  65,610  140,184  120,233 
Fixed wing services 23,501  20,310  48,057  31,781 
Other services(2)
3,196  5,012  6,765  8,831 
Total operating revenues $ 290,120  $ 295,722  $ 578,471  $ 557,230 
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(1)Includes revenues of approximately $8.6 million and $10.6 million related to government services that were previously included in the oil and gas and other service lines for the three and six months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.
(2)Includes Asia Pacific and certain Europe revenues of approximately $3.1 million and $6.6 million that were previously included in the oil and gas service line for the three and six months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.
Contract Assets, Liabilities and Receivables
The Company generally satisfies performance of contract obligations by providing helicopter and fixed wing services to its customers in exchange for consideration. The timing of performance may differ from the timing of the customer’s payment, which results in the recognition of a contract asset or a contract liability. A contract asset exists when the Company has a contract with a customer for which revenue has been recognized (i.e., services have been performed), but customer payment is contingent on a future event (i.e., satisfaction of additional performance obligations). These contract assets are transferred to receivables when the right to consideration becomes unconditional. Contract liabilities relate to deferred revenues in which advance consideration is received from customers for contracts where revenues are recognized based on future performance of services.