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Equity Method Investment Ownership Percentage Acquired from Exchange

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Net Book Value Of Assets

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Percentage Investment Exchanged For Ownership Of Joint Venture

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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Amount of income (loss) for proportionate share of equity method investee's income (loss).

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Cumulative number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee on all stock transactions.

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity method investee's stock owned by parent immediately after all stock transactions.

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Equity Method Investment in the Joint Venture - (Narrative) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		6 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2019	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2019	Mar. 31, 2018
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage in Joint Venture	41.00%	41.00%			30.00%
Ownership percentage acquired in exchange		30.00%			30.00%
Loss from Equity Method Investment in the Joint Venture		$ 95,732	$ 48,337	$ 43,103	$ 70,487	$ 58,680
Investment in the Joint Venture		$ 1,826,887			1,211,996	1,298,759
Net book value of assets					$ 1,483,522	$ 1,620,226
Shares received from Joint Venture	49,285,713
Additional ownership percentage acquired	11.00%
Legacy CHC [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Percentage investment exchanged for membership interest in Joint Venture		45.615%			45.615%
Legacy CHC [Member] \| Joint Venture [Member]
Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]
Ownership percentage in Joint Venture		54.385%			54.385%