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	Jul. 05, 2022 date $ / shares shares	Jul. 04, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) award $ / shares shares	Apr. 01, 2022 USD ($)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation			$ 12,066	$ 3,100
Percentage of shareholder return award target			200.00%
Number of performance-based awards \| award			2
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Nonemployee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	1 year
Total Shareholder Return Awards (TSR)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation costs			$ 1,700
Vesting period			3 years
Total Shareholder Return Awards (TSR) \| Key Employees
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Performance achievement fair value		$ 4,600
RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation costs			$ 27,800
Granted (in shares) \| shares	1,346,089		278,000
Granted (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 33.92		$ 39.39
RSUs \| Vertex Aerospace Services Holding Corp.
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation costs			$ 15,600
RSUs \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares) \| shares	517,918
Vesting period	6 months
RSUs \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One \| Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting increments			33.33%
RSUs \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares) \| shares	828,171
Vesting period	6 months
Number of vesting dates \| date	4
RSUs \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two \| Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting increments			33.33%
RSUs \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Three \| Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Employee
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting increments			33.33%
PSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation costs			$ 6,500
Granted (in shares) \| shares			254,000
Granted (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 35.86
Vesting period			3 years
Equity Based Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation costs			$ 34,400
Unrecognized compensation costs, period for recognition			1 year 10 months 6 days
Equity Based Awards \| RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation			$ 5,600
Liability Based Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized compensation costs			$ 1,700
Unrecognized compensation costs, period for recognition			1 year 7 months 2 days