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Accrued Liabilities And Other

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2011

Accrued Liabilities And Other [Abstract]

Accrued Liabilities And Other

Note 5 - Accrued Liabilities and Other

 Accrued liabilities and other as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 consisted of the following (in millions):

	2011		2010
Deferred revenue	$ 49.6		$  48.1
Personnel costs	39.3		58.0
Wreckage and debris removal	21.0		21.0
Taxes	20.7		22.1
Other	25.3		19.1
	$155.9		$168.3

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Description and amounts of accounts payable and accrued disclosure at the end of the reporting period. This element may be used for the entire disclosure as a single block of text.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19

-Subparagraph a

-Article 5



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 20, 24

-Article 5

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