Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Related Party Transactions (Details)

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Related Party Transactions (Details) (SEACOR [Member], USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]      
Due to Seacor $ 0.1us-gaap_DueToRelatedPartiesCurrentAndNoncurrent   $ 0.3us-gaap_DueToRelatedPartiesCurrentAndNoncurrent
Amended and Restated Transition Services Agreement [Member]      
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]      
Expenses from transactions with related party $ 0.4us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis
= era_AmendedAndRestatedTransitionServicesAgreementMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= us-gaap_AffiliatedEntityMember
$ 0.8us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionExpensesFromTransactionsWithRelatedParty
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionAxis
= era_AmendedAndRestatedTransitionServicesAgreementMember
/ us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis
= us-gaap_AffiliatedEntityMember