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OPERATIONS, BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Operations, Basis Of Presentation And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Rollforward schedule of allowance for doubtful accounts | The following table is a rollforward of the allowance for doubtful accounts, including affiliates and non-affiliates (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Balance – beginning of fiscal year | $ | 5,074 |  |  | $ | 5,079 |  |  | $ | 243 |
Additional allowances | 1,050 |  |  | 87 |  |  | 4,887 |
Write-offs and collections | (5,265 | ) |  | (92 | ) |  | (51 | )
Balance – end of fiscal year | $ | 859 |  |  | $ | 5,074 |  |  | $ | 5,079 |
Rollforward schedule of inventory allowance | The following table is a rollforward of the allowance related to dormant, obsolete and excess inventory (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Balance – beginning of fiscal year | $ | 47,298 |  |  | $ | 31,504 |  |  | $ | 34,364 |
Impairment of inventories | 7,167 |  |  | 12,669 |  |  | — |
Additional allowances | 4,867 |  |  | 6,807 |  |  | 8,479 |
Inventory disposed and scrapped | (10,125 | ) |  | (6,096 | ) |  | (10,053 | )
Foreign currency effects | (3,793 | ) |  | 2,414 |  |  | (1,286 | )
Balance – end of fiscal year | $ | 45,414 |  |  | $ | 47,298 |  |  | $ | 31,504 |
Schedule of Goodwill | Goodwill totaling $75.6 million and $56.7 million as of March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, relates to our business units as follows (in thousands):
| Europe |  | Bristow Academy |  | Australia |  | West Africa |  | Other International |  | Total
March 31, 2013 | $ | 11,883 |  |  | $ | 10,212 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6,226 |  |  | $ | 576 |  |  | $ | 28,897 |
Foreign currency translation | 1,839 |  |  | 90 |  |  | — |  |  | (49 | ) |  | — |  |  | 1,880 |
Eastern Airways acquisition | 26,479 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 26,479 |
Impairments | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (576 | ) |  | (576 | )
March 31, 2014 | 40,201 |  |  | 10,302 |  |  | — |  |  | 6,177 |  |  | — |  |  | 56,680 |
Foreign currency translation | (4,500 | ) |  | (112 | ) |  | (461 | ) |  | (231 | ) |  | — |  |  | (5,304 | )
Airnorth acquisition | — |  |  | — |  |  | 24,252 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 24,252 |
March 31, 2015 | $ | 35,701 |  |  | $ | 10,190 |  |  | $ | 23,791 |  |  | $ | 5,946 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 75,628 |
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets | Intangible assets by type were as follows (in thousands):
| Client contracts |  | Client relationships |  | Trade name and trademarks |  | Internally developed software |  | Licenses |  | Total
| Gross Carrying Amount
March 31, 2013 | $ | 7,187 |  |  | $ | 1,730 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 833 |  |  | $ | 9,750 |
Foreign currency translation | (58 | ) |  | (14 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (6 | ) |  | (78 | )
Eastern Airways acquisition | — |  |  | 10,291 |  |  | 5,326 |  |  | 1,339 |  |  | — |  |  | 16,956 |
March 31, 2014 | 7,129 |  |  | 12,007 |  |  | 5,326 |  |  | 1,339 |  |  | 827 |  |  | 26,628 |
Foreign currency translation | (76 | ) |  | (1,238 | ) |  | (542 | ) |  | (160 | ) |  | (69 | ) |  | (2,085 | )
Airnorth acquisition | 1,112 |  |  | 2,287 |  |  | 364 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,763 |
March 31, 2015 | $ | 8,165 |  |  | $ | 13,056 |  |  | $ | 5,148 |  |  | $ | 1,179 |  |  | $ | 758 |  |  | $ | 28,306 |
| Accumulated Amortization
March 31, 2013 | $ | (5,662 | ) |  | $ | (758 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (388 | ) |  | $ | (6,808 | )
Amortization expense | (1,270 | ) |  | (170 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (81 | ) |  | (1,521 | )
March 31, 2014 | (6,932 | ) |  | (928 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (469 | ) |  | (8,329 | )
Amortization expense | (467 | ) |  | (655 | ) |  | (323 | ) |  | (244 | ) |  | (73 | ) |  | (1,762 | )
March 31, 2015 | $ | (7,399 | ) |  | $ | (1,583 | ) |  | $ | (323 | ) |  | $ | (244 | ) |  | $ | (542 | ) |  | $ | (10,091 | )
Weighted average remaining contractual life, in years | 1.6 |  |  | 17.5 |  |  | 14.9 |  |  | 3.8 |  |  | 3.0 |  |  | 10.3 |
Schedule of Expected Amortization Expense | Future amortization expense of intangible assets for each of the years ending March 31 are as follows (in thousands):
| 2016 | $ | 2,114 |
| 2017 | 1,553 |
| 2018 | 1,472 |
| 2019 | 1,200 |
| 2020 | 996 |
| Thereafter | 10,880 |
|  | $ | 18,215 |

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