GUARANTORS OF SECURITIES Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2017 |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Dec. 31, 2014 |
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ 13,583
|
$ 26,950
|
$ 14,370
|
$ 40,867
|
Receivables [Abstract] |
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts |
38,964
|
32,470
|
|
|
Tax receivables |
2,829
|
3,461
|
|
|
Other |
1,623
|
2,716
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
21,112
|
25,417
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
1,203
|
1,579
|
|
|
Other current assets |
3,250
|
3,777
|
|
|
Total current assets |
82,564
|
96,370
|
|
|
Property and equipment: |
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment |
972,942
|
1,154,028
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
(299,028)
|
(332,219)
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
673,914
|
821,809
|
|
|
Equity investments and advances |
30,056
|
29,266
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
1,122
|
1,137
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other assets |
4,441
|
6,591
|
|
|
Total assets |
792,097
|
955,173
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
16,421
|
8,876
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
8,264
|
8,507
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
606
|
529
|
|
|
Accrued income taxes |
28
|
666
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
2,736
|
2,139
|
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
1,810
|
1,447
|
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
859
|
1,237
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
1,720
|
2,222
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
32,444
|
25,623
|
|
|
Long-term debt |
202,174
|
230,139
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
106,598
|
225,472
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
1,434
|
1,301
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
342,650
|
482,535
|
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
3,766
|
4,221
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,495,694 outstanding, exclusive of treasury shares |
215
|
211
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
443,944
|
438,489
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
4,363
|
32,524
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 215,141 and 173,350 shares in 2017 and 2016, respectively |
(2,951)
|
(2,899)
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
110
|
92
|
|
|
Total equity |
445,681
|
468,417
|
471,303
|
460,364
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
792,097
|
955,173
|
|
|
Parent |
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
10,800
|
25,474
|
7,565
|
16,481
|
Receivables [Abstract] |
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts |
0
|
39
|
|
|
Tax receivables |
0
|
9
|
|
|
Other |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
349
|
359
|
|
|
Other current assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total current assets |
11,149
|
25,881
|
|
|
Property and equipment: |
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Equity investments and advances |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries |
161,350
|
174,830
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
19,600
|
12,262
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
426,806
|
460,623
|
|
|
Other assets |
1,011
|
1,820
|
|
|
Total assets |
619,916
|
675,416
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
638
|
322
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
549
|
529
|
|
|
Accrued income taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
18
|
29
|
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
848
|
481
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
2,053
|
1,361
|
|
|
Long-term debt |
172,292
|
205,730
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
174,345
|
207,091
|
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,495,694 outstanding, exclusive of treasury shares |
215
|
211
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
443,944
|
438,489
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
4,363
|
32,524
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 215,141 and 173,350 shares in 2017 and 2016, respectively |
(2,951)
|
(2,899)
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total equity |
445,571
|
468,325
|
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
619,916
|
675,416
|
|
|
Guarantors |
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
0
|
0
|
3,334
|
22,188
|
Receivables [Abstract] |
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts |
33,092
|
26,118
|
|
|
Tax receivables |
0
|
4
|
|
|
Other |
1,126
|
1,658
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
20,746
|
25,156
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
721
|
976
|
|
|
Other current assets |
3,250
|
3,777
|
|
|
Total current assets |
58,935
|
57,689
|
|
|
Property and equipment: |
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment |
956,918
|
1,138,020
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
(296,573)
|
(330,735)
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
660,345
|
807,285
|
|
|
Equity investments and advances |
30,056
|
29,266
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other assets |
3,370
|
4,723
|
|
|
Total assets |
752,706
|
898,963
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
13,655
|
6,273
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
6,804
|
6,446
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
57
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued income taxes |
24
|
653
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
1,663
|
1,524
|
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
1,192
|
645
|
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
835
|
1,525
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
24,230
|
17,066
|
|
|
Long-term debt |
27,979
|
21,642
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
124,948
|
237,067
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
381,660
|
426,410
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
1,435
|
1,301
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
560,252
|
703,486
|
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
4
|
4
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,495,694 outstanding, exclusive of treasury shares |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
100,306
|
100,306
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
92,034
|
95,075
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 215,141 and 173,350 shares in 2017 and 2016, respectively |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
110
|
92
|
|
|
Total equity |
192,450
|
195,473
|
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
752,706
|
898,963
|
|
|
Non-guarantors |
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
2,783
|
1,476
|
3,471
|
2,198
|
Receivables [Abstract] |
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts |
5,872
|
6,313
|
|
|
Tax receivables |
2,829
|
3,448
|
|
|
Other |
497
|
1,058
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
366
|
261
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
133
|
244
|
|
|
Other current assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total current assets |
12,480
|
12,800
|
|
|
Property and equipment: |
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment |
16,024
|
16,008
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
(2,455)
|
(1,484)
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
13,569
|
14,524
|
|
|
Equity investments and advances |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
1,122
|
1,137
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other assets |
60
|
48
|
|
|
Total assets |
27,231
|
28,509
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
2,128
|
2,281
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
1,460
|
2,061
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued income taxes |
4
|
13
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
1,073
|
615
|
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
600
|
773
|
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
859
|
1,237
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
37
|
216
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
6,161
|
7,196
|
|
|
Long-term debt |
1,903
|
2,767
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
1,250
|
667
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
45,146
|
34,213
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
(1)
|
0
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
54,459
|
44,843
|
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
3,762
|
4,217
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,495,694 outstanding, exclusive of treasury shares |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
4,562
|
4,562
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
(35,552)
|
(25,113)
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 215,141 and 173,350 shares in 2017 and 2016, respectively |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total equity |
(30,990)
|
(20,551)
|
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
27,231
|
28,509
|
|
|
Eliminations |
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
0
|
0
|
$ 0
|
$ 0
|
Receivables [Abstract] |
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Tax receivables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other current assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total current assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Property and equipment: |
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Equity investments and advances |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries |
(161,350)
|
(174,830)
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
(19,600)
|
(12,262)
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
(426,806)
|
(460,623)
|
|
|
Other assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total assets |
(607,756)
|
(647,715)
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued income taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Long-term debt |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
(19,600)
|
(12,262)
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
(426,806)
|
(460,623)
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
(446,406)
|
(472,885)
|
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 20,495,694 outstanding, exclusive of treasury shares |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
(104,868)
|
(104,868)
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
(56,482)
|
(69,962)
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 215,141 and 173,350 shares in 2017 and 2016, respectively |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total equity |
(161,350)
|
(174,830)
|
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
$ (607,756)
|
$ (647,715)
|
|
|