Retirement Benefits (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 30, 2015

Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Periodic Pension Cost

The Company’s pension plans principally include a U.S. pension plan maintained by Esterline and a non-U.S. plan maintained by CMC Electronics, Inc. (CMC).  The Company also sponsors a number of other non-U.S. defined benefit pension plans, primarily in France and Germany.  In fiscal 2014, the Company offered vested terminated participants of its U.S. pension plan a one-time opportunity to elect a lump-sum payment from the plan in lieu of a lifetime annuity.  In the first fiscal quarter of 2015, the Company made a $16.6 million lump-sum payment to vested terminated pension plan participants from the plan, which resulted in an actuarial estimated settlement charge of $3.0 million.  The charge was recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses.  Components of periodic pension cost consisted of the following:

In Thousands	Three Months Ended
	January 30,			January 31,
	2015			2014
Components of Net Periodic Cost
Service cost	$	2,731		$	2,730
Interest cost		4,177			4,813
Expected return on plan assets		(6,474	)		(6,515	)
Settlement		2,991			-
Amortization of prior service cost		18			19
Amortization of actuarial (gain) loss		1,130			1,357
Net periodic cost (benefit)	$	4,573		$	2,404

Schedule of Net Periodic Post-Retirement Costs

The Company’s principal post-retirement plans include non-U.S. plans, which are non-contributory healthcare and life insurance plans.  The components of expense of these other retirement benefits consisted of the following:

In Thousands	Three Months Ended
	January 30,			January 31,
	2015			2014
Components of Net Periodic Cost
Service cost	$	220		$	235
Interest cost		141			189
Amortization of prior service cost		(11	)		(17	)
Amortization of actuarial (gain) loss		(25	)		(68	)
Net periodic cost (benefit)	$	325		$	339