Common Stock, Stock-Based Awards and Warrants - Stock Options Fair Value Assumptions (Details) - Global Eagle Stock Option Plan - Stock Options - $ / shares |
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Dec. 31, 2017 |
Dec. 31, 2016 |
Dec. 31, 2015 |
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| Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||
| Share Price (in usd per share) | $ 2.74 | $ 8.34 | $ 12.91 |
| Expected life (in years) | 4 years 9 months | 3 years 10 months 27 days | 3 years 9 months 8 days |
| Risk-free interest rate (as a percent) | 2.26% | 1.15% | 1.28% |
| Expected stock volatility | 52.00% | 44.00% | 43.00% |
| Expected dividend yield | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Fair value of stock options granted (in usd per share) | $ 0.93 | $ 2.93 | $ 4.41 |
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- Definition The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. No definition available.
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- Definition The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company. No definition available.
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- Definition Expected term of share-based compensation awards, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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