Supplemental Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified
|
Sep. 30, 2013
|
Jun. 30, 2013
|
Dec. 31, 2012
|
Sep. 30, 2012
|
Dec. 31, 2011
|
Current Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ 22,517
|
|
$ 11,505
|
$ 9,232
|
$ 79,122
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $3,010 and $2,668 in 2013 and 2012, respectively |
48,152
|
|
48,527
|
|
|
Other |
3,244
|
|
4,713
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
0
|
|
|
|
|
Due from SEACOR and affiliates |
|
|
0
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
26,692
|
|
26,650
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
3,642
|
|
3,642
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other |
1,278
|
|
1,803
|
|
|
Escrow deposits |
9,900
|
16,010
|
0
|
|
|
Total current assets |
115,425
|
|
96,840
|
|
|
Property and Equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
Property and Equipment |
1,014,907
|
|
1,030,276
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
(255,299)
|
|
(242,471)
|
|
|
Net property and equipment |
759,608
|
|
787,805
|
|
|
Investments, at Equity, and Advances to 50% or Less Owned Companies |
36,113
|
|
34,696
|
|
|
Investments, at Equity in Consolidated Subsidiaries |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Goodwill |
352
|
|
352
|
|
|
Other Assets |
16,071
|
|
17,871
|
|
|
Total Assets |
927,569
|
|
937,564
|
|
|
Current Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
16,796
|
|
15,703
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
8,937
|
|
4,576
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
4,625
|
|
1,401
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
2,787
|
|
2,787
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
6,894
|
|
5,232
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
40,039
|
|
29,699
|
|
|
Long-Term Debt |
240,029
|
|
276,948
|
|
|
Deferred Income Taxes |
208,483
|
|
203,536
|
|
|
Deferred Gains and Other Liabilities |
5,343
|
|
7,864
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
493,894
|
|
518,047
|
|
|
Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized: |
|
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Stock, at redemption value; $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding in 2013; 1,400,000 shares issued and outstanding in 2012 |
0
|
|
144,232
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
420,650
|
|
278,838
|
|
|
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
12,928
|
|
(4,025)
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost (3,673 in 2013) |
(94)
|
|
0
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
108
|
|
20
|
|
|
Stockholders' equity attributable to parent, total |
433,794
|
|
275,078
|
|
|
Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary |
(119)
|
|
207
|
|
|
Total equity |
433,675
|
|
275,285
|
|
|
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity |
927,569
|
|
937,564
|
|
|
Parent Company Only [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
7,890
|
|
2,258
|
1,786
|
63,044
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $3,010 and $2,668 in 2013 and 2012, respectively |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Other |
189
|
|
971
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
543,821
|
|
|
|
|
Due from SEACOR and affiliates |
|
|
560,327
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
3,908
|
|
4,625
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other |
23
|
|
0
|
|
|
Escrow deposits |
0
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
555,831
|
|
568,181
|
|
|
Property and Equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
Property and Equipment |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Net property and equipment |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Investments, at Equity, and Advances to 50% or Less Owned Companies |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Investments, at Equity in Consolidated Subsidiaries |
100,308
|
|
100,101
|
|
|
Goodwill |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Other Assets |
5,657
|
|
5,958
|
|
|
Total Assets |
661,796
|
|
674,240
|
|
|
Current Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
953
|
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
4,607
|
|
1,357
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
10,633
|
|
5,491
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
0
|
|
1,445
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
16,193
|
|
8,293
|
|
|
Long-Term Debt |
211,809
|
|
246,637
|
|
|
Deferred Income Taxes |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred Gains and Other Liabilities |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
228,002
|
|
254,930
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
420,650
|
|
278,838
|
|
|
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
12,928
|
|
(4,025)
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost (3,673 in 2013) |
(94)
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
108
|
|
20
|
|
|
Stockholders' equity attributable to parent, total |
433,794
|
|
275,078
|
|
|
Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Total equity |
433,794
|
|
275,078
|
|
|
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity |
661,796
|
|
674,240
|
|
|
Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
13,462
|
|
8,558
|
7,435
|
16,078
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $3,010 and $2,668 in 2013 and 2012, respectively |
48,012
|
|
48,217
|
|
|
Other |
3,161
|
|
3,742
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
11,436
|
|
|
|
|
Due from SEACOR and affiliates |
|
|
0
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
26,692
|
|
26,650
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other |
1,255
|
|
1,803
|
|
|
Escrow deposits |
9,900
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
113,918
|
|
88,970
|
|
|
Property and Equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
Property and Equipment |
1,003,407
|
|
1,018,776
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
(253,746)
|
|
(241,436)
|
|
|
Net property and equipment |
749,661
|
|
777,340
|
|
|
Investments, at Equity, and Advances to 50% or Less Owned Companies |
36,113
|
|
34,696
|
|
|
Investments, at Equity in Consolidated Subsidiaries |
0
|
|
9,782
|
|
|
Goodwill |
352
|
|
352
|
|
|
Other Assets |
10,414
|
|
24,374
|
|
|
Total Assets |
910,458
|
|
935,514
|
|
|
Current Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
15,795
|
|
15,618
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
8,937
|
|
4,576
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
18
|
|
44
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
527,907
|
|
560,323
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
2,787
|
|
2,787
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
7,000
|
|
3,787
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
562,444
|
|
587,135
|
|
|
Long-Term Debt |
28,220
|
|
30,311
|
|
|
Deferred Income Taxes |
209,238
|
|
204,520
|
|
|
Deferred Gains and Other Liabilities |
3,780
|
|
7,864
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
803,682
|
|
829,830
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
99,845
|
|
109,674
|
|
|
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
7,050
|
|
(4,217)
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost (3,673 in 2013) |
0
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
0
|
|
20
|
|
|
Stockholders' equity attributable to parent, total |
106,895
|
|
105,477
|
|
|
Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary |
(119)
|
|
207
|
|
|
Total equity |
106,776
|
|
105,684
|
|
|
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity |
910,458
|
|
935,514
|
|
|
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
1,165
|
|
689
|
11
|
0
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $3,010 and $2,668 in 2013 and 2012, respectively |
140
|
|
310
|
|
|
Other |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
0
|
|
|
|
|
Due from SEACOR and affiliates |
|
|
0
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Escrow deposits |
0
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
1,305
|
|
999
|
|
|
Property and Equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
Property and Equipment |
11,500
|
|
11,500
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
(1,553)
|
|
(1,035)
|
|
|
Net property and equipment |
9,947
|
|
10,465
|
|
|
Investments, at Equity, and Advances to 50% or Less Owned Companies |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Investments, at Equity in Consolidated Subsidiaries |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Goodwill |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Other Assets |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Total Assets |
11,252
|
|
11,464
|
|
|
Current Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
48
|
|
85
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
11,442
|
|
10,965
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
11,490
|
|
11,050
|
|
|
Long-Term Debt |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred Income Taxes |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred Gains and Other Liabilities |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
11,490
|
|
11,050
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
496
|
|
496
|
|
|
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
(734)
|
|
(82)
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost (3,673 in 2013) |
0
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Stockholders' equity attributable to parent, total |
(238)
|
|
414
|
|
|
Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Total equity |
(238)
|
|
414
|
|
|
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity |
11,252
|
|
11,464
|
|
|
Eliminations [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
0
|
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Receivables: |
|
|
|
|
|
Trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $3,010 and $2,668 in 2013 and 2012, respectively |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Other |
(106)
|
|
0
|
|
|
Intercompany receivables |
(555,257)
|
|
|
|
|
Due from SEACOR and affiliates |
|
|
(560,327)
|
|
|
Inventories, net |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes |
(266)
|
|
(983)
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Escrow deposits |
0
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
(555,629)
|
|
(561,310)
|
|
|
Property and Equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
Property and Equipment |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Accumulated depreciation |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Net property and equipment |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Investments, at Equity, and Advances to 50% or Less Owned Companies |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Investments, at Equity in Consolidated Subsidiaries |
(100,308)
|
|
(109,883)
|
|
|
Goodwill |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Other Assets |
0
|
|
(12,461)
|
|
|
Total Assets |
(655,937)
|
|
(683,654)
|
|
|
Current Liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued wages and benefits |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Accrued interest |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Intercompany payables |
(549,982)
|
|
(576,779)
|
|
|
Current portion of long-term debt |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Other current liabilities |
(106)
|
|
0
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
(550,088)
|
|
(576,779)
|
|
|
Long-Term Debt |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Deferred Income Taxes |
(755)
|
|
(984)
|
|
|
Deferred Gains and Other Liabilities |
1,563
|
|
0
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
(549,280)
|
|
(577,763)
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
(100,341)
|
|
(110,170)
|
|
|
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) |
(6,316)
|
|
4,299
|
|
|
Treasury shares, at cost (3,673 in 2013) |
0
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax |
0
|
|
(20)
|
|
|
Stockholders' equity attributable to parent, total |
(106,657)
|
|
(105,891)
|
|
|
Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary |
0
|
|
0
|
|
|
Total equity |
(106,657)
|
|
(105,891)
|
|
|
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity |
(655,937)
|
|
(683,654)
|
|
|
Common Stock [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock |
202
|
|
0
|
|
|
Common Stock [Member] | Parent Company Only [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock |
202
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock |
0
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock |
0
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock |
0
|
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized: |
|
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Stock, at redemption value; $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding in 2013; 1,400,000 shares issued and outstanding in 2012 |
|
|
144,232
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Stock [Member] | Parent Company Only [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized: |
|
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Stock, at redemption value; $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding in 2013; 1,400,000 shares issued and outstanding in 2012 |
|
|
144,232
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Stock [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized: |
|
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Stock, at redemption value; $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding in 2013; 1,400,000 shares issued and outstanding in 2012 |
|
|
0
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Stock [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized: |
|
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Stock, at redemption value; $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding in 2013; 1,400,000 shares issued and outstanding in 2012 |
|
|
0
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Stock [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized: |
|
|
|
|
|
Series A Preferred Stock, at redemption value; $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding in 2013; 1,400,000 shares issued and outstanding in 2012 |
|
|
0
|
|
|
Class B Common Stock [Member]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock |
0
|
|
245
|
|
|
Class B Common Stock [Member] | Parent Company Only [Member]
|
|
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Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
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Common stock |
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245
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Class B Common Stock [Member] | Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
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Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
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Common stock |
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0
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Class B Common Stock [Member] | Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
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Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
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Common stock |
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0
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Class B Common Stock [Member] | Eliminations [Member]
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Era Group Inc. stockholders’ equity: |
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Common stock |
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$ 0
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