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DEBT (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of debt | Debt as of December 31 and March 31, 2014 consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  |  | December 31, 2014 |  | March 31, 2014 |
| 6¼% Senior Notes due 2022 |  | $ | 401,535 |  |  | $ | 450,000 |  |
| Term Loan |  | 223,288 |  |  | 226,604 |  |
| 3% Convertible Senior Notes due 2038, including $2.0 million and $5.1 million of unamortized discount, respectively |  | 113,025 |  |  | 109,904 |  |
| Revolving Credit Facility |  | 58,500 |  |  | 24,000 |  |
| Eastern Airways debt |  | 21,840 |  |  | 29,911 |  |
| Other |  | — |  |  | 883 |  |
| Total debt |  | 818,188 |  |  | 841,302 |  |
| Less short-term borrowings and current maturities of long-term debt |  | (14,277 | ) |  | (14,207 | ) |
| Total long-term debt |  | $ | 803,911 |  |  | $ | 827,095 |  |
Schedule of convertible debt | The balances of the debt and equity components of the 3% Convertible Senior Notes due 2038 (the “3% Convertible Senior Notes”) as of December 31 and March 31, 2014 are as follows (in thousands):
|  |  | December 31, 2014 |  | March 31, 2014 |
| Equity component – net carrying value |  | $ | 14,905 |  |  | $ | 14,905 |  |
| Debt component: |  |  |  |  |
| Face amount due at maturity |  | $ | 115,000 |  |  | $ | 115,000 |  |
| Unamortized discount |  | (1,975 | ) |  | (5,096 | ) |
| Debt component – net carrying value |  | $ | 113,025 |  |  | $ | 109,904 |  |
Schedule of convertible debt interest expense | Interest expense related to our 3% Convertible Senior Notes for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 was as follows (in thousands):
|  |  | Three Months Ended December 31, |  | Nine Months Ended December 31, |
|  |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |
| Contractual coupon interest |  | $ | 862 |  |  | $ | 862 |  |  | $ | 2,588 |  |  | $ | 2,588 |  |
| Amortization of debt discount |  | 1,054 |  |  | 985 |  |  | 3,121 |  |  | 2,695 |  |
| Total interest expense |  | $ | 1,916 |  |  | $ | 1,847 |  |  | $ | 5,709 |  |  | $ | 5,283 |  |

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