GUARANTORS OF SECURITIES (Condensed Balance Sheet) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Mar. 31, 2017 |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
Mar. 31, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ 26,339
|
$ 26,950
|
$ 30,803
|
$ 14,370
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,295 |
34,840
|
32,470
|
|
|
Tax receivables (including $3,154 and $3,448 from VIEs in 2017 and 2016, respectively) |
3,166
|
3,461
|
|
|
Other |
2,396
|
2,716
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
25,232
|
25,417
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
2,535
|
1,579
|
|
|
Escrow deposits |
3,779
|
3,777
|
|
|
Total current assets |
98,287
|
96,370
|
|
|
Property and equipment |
1,154,835
|
1,154,028
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
(343,659)
|
(332,219)
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
811,176
|
821,809
|
|
|
Equity investments and advances |
29,727
|
29,266
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
1,133
|
1,137
|
|
|
Deferred taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other assets |
6,096
|
6,591
|
|
|
Total assets |
946,419
|
955,173
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
9,032
|
8,876
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
6,881
|
8,507
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
3,365
|
529
|
|
|
Accrued income taxes |
689
|
666
|
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
1,447
|
1,447
|
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
1,189
|
1,237
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
2,199
|
2,139
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
2,846
|
2,222
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
27,648
|
25,623
|
|
|
Long-term debt (including $2,853 and $2,767 from VIEs in 2017 and 2016, respectively) |
225,946
|
230,139
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
223,442
|
225,472
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
924
|
1,301
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
477,960
|
482,535
|
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
4,054
|
4,221
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 21,270,272 and 20,936,636 outstanding in 2017 and 2016, respectively, exclusive of treasury shares |
215
|
211
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
440,164
|
438,489
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
26,904
|
32,524
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 179,730 and 175,350 shares in 2017 and 2016, respectively |
(2,968)
|
(2,899)
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
90
|
92
|
|
|
Total equity |
464,405
|
468,417
|
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
946,419
|
955,173
|
|
|
Parent |
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
24,835
|
25,474
|
26,719
|
7,565
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,295 |
39
|
39
|
|
|
Tax receivables (including $3,154 and $3,448 from VIEs in 2017 and 2016, respectively) |
9
|
9
|
|
|
Other |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
667
|
359
|
|
|
Escrow deposits |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total current assets |
25,550
|
25,881
|
|
|
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 |
172,394
|
174,830
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred taxes |
14,137
|
12,262
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
457,486
|
460,623
|
|
|
Other assets |
1,617
|
1,820
|
|
|
Total assets |
671,184
|
675,416
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
616
|
322
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
3,365
|
529
|
|
|
Accrued income taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
66
|
29
|
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
956
|
481
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
5,003
|
1,361
|
|
|
Long-term debt (including $2,853 and $2,767 from VIEs in 2017 and 2016, respectively) |
201,866
|
205,730
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
206,869
|
207,091
|
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 21,270,272 and 20,936,636 outstanding in 2017 and 2016, respectively, exclusive of treasury shares |
215
|
211
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
440,164
|
438,489
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
26,904
|
32,524
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 179,730 and 175,350 shares in 2017 and 2016, respectively |
(2,968)
|
(2,899)
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total equity |
464,315
|
468,325
|
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
671,184
|
675,416
|
|
|
Guarantors |
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
0
|
0
|
2,900
|
3,334
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,295 |
27,094
|
26,118
|
|
|
Tax receivables (including $3,154 and $3,448 from VIEs in 2017 and 2016, respectively) |
3
|
4
|
|
|
Other |
1,523
|
1,658
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
24,898
|
25,156
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
1,732
|
976
|
|
|
Escrow deposits |
3,779
|
3,777
|
|
|
Total current assets |
59,029
|
57,689
|
|
|
Property and equipment |
1,138,773
|
1,138,020
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
(341,925)
|
(330,735)
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
796,848
|
807,285
|
|
|
Equity investments and advances |
29,727
|
29,266
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other assets |
4,414
|
4,723
|
|
|
Total assets |
890,018
|
898,963
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
5,717
|
6,273
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
5,197
|
6,446
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued income taxes |
656
|
653
|
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
749
|
645
|
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
1,524
|
1,524
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
1,544
|
1,525
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
15,387
|
17,066
|
|
|
Long-term debt (including $2,853 and $2,767 from VIEs in 2017 and 2016, respectively) |
21,227
|
21,642
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
237,118
|
237,067
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
418,914
|
426,410
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
924
|
1,301
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
693,570
|
703,486
|
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
4
|
4
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 21,270,272 and 20,936,636 outstanding in 2017 and 2016, respectively, exclusive of treasury shares |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
100,306
|
100,306
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
96,048
|
95,075
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 179,730 and 175,350 shares in 2017 and 2016, respectively |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
90
|
92
|
|
|
Total equity |
196,444
|
195,473
|
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
890,018
|
898,963
|
|
|
Non-guarantors |
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
1,504
|
1,476
|
1,184
|
3,471
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,295 |
7,707
|
6,313
|
|
|
Tax receivables (including $3,154 and $3,448 from VIEs in 2017 and 2016, respectively) |
3,154
|
3,448
|
|
|
Other |
873
|
1,058
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
334
|
261
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
136
|
244
|
|
|
Escrow deposits |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total current assets |
13,708
|
12,800
|
|
|
Property and equipment |
16,062
|
16,008
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
(1,734)
|
(1,484)
|
|
|
Property and equipment, net |
14,328
|
14,524
|
|
|
Equity investments and advances |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Investments in consolidated subsidiaries |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
1,133
|
1,137
|
|
|
Deferred taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other assets |
65
|
48
|
|
|
Total assets |
29,234
|
28,509
|
|
|
Current liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
2,699
|
2,281
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
1,684
|
2,061
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued income taxes |
33
|
13
|
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
632
|
773
|
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
1,189
|
1,237
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
675
|
615
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
346
|
216
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
7,258
|
7,196
|
|
|
Long-term debt (including $2,853 and $2,767 from VIEs in 2017 and 2016, respectively) |
2,853
|
2,767
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
461
|
667
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
38,572
|
34,213
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
49,144
|
44,843
|
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
4,050
|
4,217
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 21,270,272 and 20,936,636 outstanding in 2017 and 2016, respectively, exclusive of treasury shares |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
4,562
|
4,562
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
(28,522)
|
(25,113)
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 179,730 and 175,350 shares in 2017 and 2016, respectively |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total equity |
(23,960)
|
(20,551)
|
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
29,234
|
28,509
|
|
|
Eliminations |
|
|
|
|
Current assets: |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
0
|
0
|
$ 0
|
$ 0
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,295 |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Tax receivables (including $3,154 and $3,448 from VIEs in 2017 and 2016, respectively) |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Escrow deposits |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total current assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
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 |
(172,394)
|
(174,830)
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred taxes |
(14,137)
|
(12,262)
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
(457,486)
|
(460,623)
|
|
|
Other assets |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total assets |
(644,017)
|
(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
|
|
|
Accrued other taxes |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued contingencies |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Long-term debt (including $2,853 and $2,767 from VIEs in 2017 and 2016, respectively) |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
(14,137)
|
(12,262)
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
(457,486)
|
(460,623)
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
(471,623)
|
(472,885)
|
|
|
Redeemable noncontrolling interest |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 60,000,000 shares authorized; 21,270,272 and 20,936,636 outstanding in 2017 and 2016, respectively, exclusive of treasury shares |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
(104,868)
|
(104,868)
|
|
|
Retained earnings |
(67,526)
|
(69,962)
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost, 179,730 and 175,350 shares in 2017 and 2016, respectively |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
0
|
0
|
|
|
Total equity |
(172,394)
|
(174,830)
|
|
|
Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity |
$ (644,017)
|
$ (647,715)
|
|
|