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VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS IN SIGNIFICANT AFFILIATES (TABLES) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Variable Interest Entities and Other Investments in Significant Affiliates [Abstract] |
Noncontrolling Interest Bristow Aviation [Table Text Block] | Changes in the balance for the noncontrolling interest associated with Bristow Aviation are as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Balance – beginning of fiscal year | $ | 1,645 |  |  | $ | 1,492 |  |  | $ | 1,577 |
Payments to noncontrolling interest shareholders | (59 | ) |  | (57 | ) |  | (63 | )
Noncontrolling interest expense | 58 |  |  | 57 |  |  | 60 |
Currency translation | (187 | ) |  | 153 |  |  | (82 | )
Balance – end of fiscal year | $ | 1,457 |  |  | $ | 1,645 |  |  | $ | 1,492 |
Primary Beneficiary Variable Interest Balance Sheet [Table Text Block] | Bristow Aviation and its subsidiaries are exposed to similar operational risks and are therefore monitored and evaluated on a similar basis by management. Accordingly, the financial information reflected on our consolidated balance sheets and statements of income for Bristow Aviation and subsidiaries is presented in the aggregate, including intercompany amounts with other consolidated entities, as follows (in thousands):
| March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
Assets |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 91,190 |  |  | $ | 173,490 |
Accounts receivable | 521,989 |  |  | 311,641 |
Inventories | 100,065 |  |  | 94,288 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 42,659 |  |  | 45,791 |
Total current assets | 755,903 |  |  | 625,210 |
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates | 64 |  |  | 1,414 |
Property and equipment, net | 243,357 |  |  | 217,969 |
Goodwill | 61,242 |  |  | 41,218 |
Other assets | 78,637 |  |  | 45,477 |
Total assets | $ | 1,139,203 |  |  | $ | 931,288 |
Liabilities |  |  |
Accounts payable | $ | 379,357 |  |  | $ | 182,892 |
Accrued liabilities | 154,306 |  |  | 113,820 |
Accrued interest | 1,489,369 |  |  | 1,291,581 |
Deferred taxes | 1,128 |  |  | 3,588 |
Current maturities of long-term debt | 9,643 |  |  | 9,664 |
Total current liabilities | 2,033,803 |  |  | 1,601,545 |
Long-term debt, less current maturities | 168,245 |  |  | 172,391 |
Accrued pension liabilities | 99,576 |  |  | 86,824 |
Other liabilities and deferred credits | 11,948 |  |  | 2,252 |
Deferred taxes | 14,457 |  |  | 13,062 |
Temporary equity | 26,223 |  |  | 22,283 |
Total liabilities | $ | 2,354,252 |  |  | $ | 1,898,357 |
Primary Beneficiary Variable Interest Income Statement Items [Table Text Block] |
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Revenue | $ | 1,512,312 |  |  | $ | 1,324,483 |  |  | $ | 1,161,988 |
Operating income | 40,524 |  |  | 49,061 |  |  | 58,587 |
Net loss (1) | (179,757 | ) |  | (38,274 | ) |  | (115,281 | )
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(1) | Fiscal year 2014 includes a gain of $67.9 million, after tax, on the sale of the FB Entities as discussed under “Other Significant Affiliates — Unconsolidated — FB Entities” below.
Equity And Cost Method Investments [Table Text Block] | Our percentage ownership and investment balances for the unconsolidated affiliates are as follows:
| March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  |  |  |  | (In thousands)
Cost Method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
PAS | 25 | % |  | 25 | % |  | $ | 6,286 |  |  | $ | 6,286 |
Equity Method: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cougar (1) | 40 | % |  | 40 | % |  | 61,015 |  |  | 61,570 |
Líder (1) | 41.9 | % |  | 42.5 | % |  | 149,010 |  |  | 193,345 |
Other |  |  |  |  | 65 |  |  | 1,414 |
Total |  |  |  |  | $ | 216,376 |  |  | $ | 262,615 |
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(1) | We had a 25% voting interest in Cougar and under 20% voting interest in Líder as of March 31, 2015 and 2014.
Schedule Of Earnings From Unconsolidated Affiliates [Table Text Block] | Earnings from unconsolidated affiliates were as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Dividends from entities accounted for under the cost method: |  |  |  |  |
PAS | $ | 2,068 |  |  | $ | 4,043 |  |  | $ | 28 |
Earnings, net of losses, from entities accounted for under the equity method: |  |  |  |  |
Cougar | (710 | ) |  | 1,053 |  |  | (736 | )
FB Entities (1) | — |  |  | 3,217 |  |  | 10,517 |
Líder | (4,236 | ) |  | 2,898 |  |  | 14,762 |
Other (2) | 1,107 |  |  | 1,498 |  |  | 499 |
| (3,839 | ) |  | 8,666 |  |  | 25,042 |
Total | $ | (1,771 | ) |  | $ | 12,709 |  |  | $ | 25,070 |
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(1) | We sold our 50% interest in the FB entities in July 2013.
(2) | We sold our 50% interest in HCA in November 2014.
Schedule Of Combined Financial Information For Unconsolidated Affiliates [Table Text Block] | A summary of combined financial information of our unconsolidated affiliates accounted for under the equity method is set forth below (in thousands):
| March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014
| (Unaudited)
Current assets | $ | 200,979 |  |  | $ | 216,345 |
Non-current assets | 384,438 |  |  | 440,470 |
Total assets | $ | 585,417 |  |  | $ | 656,815 |
Current liabilities | $ | 189,251 |  |  | $ | 171,604 |
Non-current liabilities | 255,318 |  |  | 274,907 |
Equity | 140,848 |  |  | 210,304 |
Total liabilities and equity | $ | 585,417 |  |  | $ | 656,815 |
| Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (Unaudited)
Revenue | $ | 499,692 |  |  | $ | 632,832 |  |  | $ | 578,175 |
Gross profit | $ | 99,127 |  |  | $ | 132,760 |  |  | $ | 126,007 |
Net income (loss) | $ | 559 |  |  | $ | 21,728 |  |  | $ | 57,712 |

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