COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Aircraft Purchase Contracts Table

	Fiscal Year Ending March 31,
	2015		2016		2017		2018 and beyond		Total
Commitments as of March 31, 2014: (1)
Number of aircraft:
Medium	10		—		—		—		10
Large (2)	13		6		3		—		22
SAR configured	5		6		—		—		11
	28		12		3		—		43
Related expenditures (in thousands)(3)
Medium and large	$	373,755	$	89,741	$	37,587	$	—	$	501,083
SAR configured	106,704		99,690		—		—		206,394
	$	480,459	$	189,431	$	37,587	$	—	$	707,477
Options as of March 31, 2014: (2)
Number of aircraft:
Medium	—		7		7		7		21
Large (2)	—		8		14		12		34
	—		15		21		19		55
Related expenditures (in thousands)(3)	$	88,831	$	350,145	$	422,100	$	263,043	$	1,124,119

Rollforward schedule of aircraft purchase orders and options

	Fiscal Year Ended March 31,
	2014				2013				2012
	Orders		Options		Orders		Options		Orders		Options
Beginning of fiscal year	45		70		15		40		6		31
Aircraft delivered	(21	)	—		(8	)	—		(9	)	—
Aircraft ordered	18		—		26		—		13		—
New options	—		—		—		42		—		31
Exercised options	8		(8	)	12		(12	)	7		(7	)
Expired options	—		(7	)	—		—		—		(15	)
Orders assigned subject to leaseback (1)	(7	)	—		—		—		(2	)	—
End of fiscal year	43		55		45		70		15		40

Schedule of future minimum payments for operating leases

	Aircraft		Other		Total
Fiscal year ending March 31,
2015	$	94,796	$	9,482	$	104,278
2016	87,937		7,711		95,648
2017	83,372		6,675		90,047
2018	66,071		5,596		71,667
2019	44,149		5,343		49,492
Thereafter	44,376		39,899		84,275
	$	420,701	$	74,706	$	495,407

Aircraft Lease Table

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End of Lease Term	Number of Aircraft	Monthly Lease Payment (in thousands)
Fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2016	9	$	1,023
Fiscal year 2017 to fiscal year 2019	26	4,264
Fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2024	26	2,751
	61	$	8,038