Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Detail) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
May 01, 2015	May 02, 2014	May 01, 2015	May 02, 2014
Guarantee Obligations [Line Items]
Net Sales	$ 500,080us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 510,861us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 946,424us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 996,801us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
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Selling, general and administrative	100,742	92,035	194,398	181,167
Research, development & engineering	27,000us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	25,536us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	49,455us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	51,182us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
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Operating Earnings from Continuing Operations	34,987	59,576	73,920	110,737
Interest Income	(124)us-gaap_InterestAndOtherIncome	(136)us-gaap_InterestAndOtherIncome	(303)us-gaap_InterestAndOtherIncome	(255)us-gaap_InterestAndOtherIncome
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Loss on Extinguishment of Debt	329	0	329	0
Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes	26,218	51,278	59,489	93,933
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	4,542us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	10,386us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	12,692us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	19,012us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Earnings from Continuing Operations Including Noncontrolling Interests	21,676	40,892	46,797	74,921
Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	(44)	(297)	(107)	(383)
Earnings from Continuing Operations Attributable to Esterline, Net of Tax	21,632	40,595	46,690	74,538
Loss from Discontinued Operations Attributable to Esterline, Net of Tax	(1,822)	(3,691)	(18,561)	(7,556)
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Guarantee Obligations [Line Items]
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Cost of Sales	0	0	0	0
Gross Profit	0	0	0	0
Expenses
Selling, general and administrative	0	0	0	0
Research, development & engineering	0	0	0	0
Restructuring charges	0	0	0	0
Other (income) expense	0	0	0	0
Total Expenses	0	0	0	0
Operating Earnings from Continuing Operations	0	0	0	0
Interest Income	(4,029)	(3,755)	(7,994)	(7,751)
Interest Expense	6,857	6,237	13,201	12,573
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt	329	0	329	0
Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes	(3,157)	(2,482)	(5,536)	(4,822)
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	(560)	(520)	(1,109)	(996)
Earnings from Continuing Operations Including Noncontrolling Interests	(2,597)	(1,962)	(4,427)	(3,826)
Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	0	0	0	0
Earnings from Continuing Operations Attributable to Esterline, Net of Tax	(2,597)	(1,962)	(4,427)	(3,826)
Loss from Discontinued Operations Attributable to Esterline, Net of Tax	0	(343)	(774)	(343)
Equity in Net Earnings of Consolidated Subsidiaries	22,407	39,209	33,330	71,151
Net Earnings Attributable to Esterline	19,810	36,904	28,129	66,982
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	33,393	75,488	(93,457)	72,667
TA Mfg. Ltd
Guarantee Obligations [Line Items]
Net Sales	0	0	0	0
Cost of Sales	0	0	0	0
Gross Profit	0	0	0	0
Expenses
Selling, general and administrative	16	0	16	0
Research, development & engineering	0	0	0	0
Restructuring charges	0	0	0	0
Other (income) expense	0	0	0	0
Total Expenses	16	0	16	0
Operating Earnings from Continuing Operations	(16)	0	(16)	0
Interest Income	(860)	0	(860)	0
Interest Expense	889	0	889	0
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt	0	0	0	0
Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes	(45)	0	(45)	0
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	(9)	0	(9)	0
Earnings from Continuing Operations Including Noncontrolling Interests	(36)	0	(36)	0
Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	0	0	0	0
Earnings from Continuing Operations Attributable to Esterline, Net of Tax	(36)	0	(36)	0
Loss from Discontinued Operations Attributable to Esterline, Net of Tax	0	0	0	0
Equity in Net Earnings of Consolidated Subsidiaries	21,534	0	21,534	0
Net Earnings Attributable to Esterline	21,498	0	21,498	0
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	10,537	0	10,537	0
Guarantor Subsidiaries
Guarantee Obligations [Line Items]
Net Sales	234,864	243,425	443,865	463,290
Cost of Sales	153,567	155,232	293,377	295,903
Gross Profit	81,297	88,193	150,488	167,387
Expenses
Selling, general and administrative	35,634	37,903	74,293	73,708
Research, development & engineering	12,520	12,490	22,297	24,313
Restructuring charges	922	1,248	3,360	4,321
Other (income) expense	(409)	0	0	0
Total Expenses	48,667	51,641	99,950	102,342
Operating Earnings from Continuing Operations	32,630	36,552	50,538	65,045
Interest Income	(7,268)	(1,913)	(14,466)	(3,938)
Interest Expense	12,467	6,730	24,795	13,787
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt	0	0	0	0
Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes	27,431	31,735	40,209	55,196
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	5,333	6,996	6,947	12,237
Earnings from Continuing Operations Including Noncontrolling Interests	22,098	24,739	33,262	42,959
Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	0	0	0	0
Earnings from Continuing Operations Attributable to Esterline, Net of Tax	22,098	24,739	33,262	42,959
Loss from Discontinued Operations Attributable to Esterline, Net of Tax	921	(1,007)	(9,655)	(2,858)
Equity in Net Earnings of Consolidated Subsidiaries	51	802	113	1,234
Net Earnings Attributable to Esterline	23,070	24,534	23,720	41,335
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	23,443	25,065	23,995	42,469
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
Guarantee Obligations [Line Items]
Net Sales	266,456	268,512	504,659	536,029
Cost of Sales	184,102	177,480	346,146	353,456
Gross Profit	82,354	91,032	158,513	182,573
Expenses
Selling, general and administrative	65,092	54,132	120,089	107,459
Research, development & engineering	14,480	13,046	27,158	26,869
Restructuring charges	0	830	612	2,553
Other (income) expense	409	0	(12,744)	0
Total Expenses	79,981	68,008	135,115	136,881
Operating Earnings from Continuing Operations	2,373	23,024	23,398	45,692
Interest Income	(7,490)	(13,696)	(15,888)	(28,372)
Interest Expense	7,874	14,695	14,425	30,505
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt		0	0	0
Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes	1,989	22,025	24,861	43,559
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	(222)	3,910	6,863	7,771
Earnings from Continuing Operations Including Noncontrolling Interests	2,211	18,115	17,998	35,788
Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	(44)	(297)	(107)	(383)
Earnings from Continuing Operations Attributable to Esterline, Net of Tax	2,167	17,818	17,891	35,405
Loss from Discontinued Operations Attributable to Esterline, Net of Tax	(2,743)	(2,341)	(8,132)	(4,355)
Equity in Net Earnings of Consolidated Subsidiaries		1,926	0	1,320
Net Earnings Attributable to Esterline	(576)	17,403	9,759	32,370
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	11,737	56,268	(104,298)	44,634
Eliminations
Guarantee Obligations [Line Items]
Net Sales	(1,240)	(1,076)	(2,100)	(2,518)
Cost of Sales	(1,240)	(1,076)	(2,100)	(2,518)
Gross Profit	0	0	0	0
Expenses
Selling, general and administrative	0	0	0	0
Research, development & engineering	0	0	0	0
Restructuring charges	0	0	0	0
Other (income) expense	0	0	0	0
Total Expenses	0	0	0	0
Operating Earnings from Continuing Operations	0	0	0	0
Interest Income	19,523	19,228	38,905	39,806
Interest Expense	(19,523)	(19,228)	(38,905)	(39,806)
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt	0	0	0	0
Earnings from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes	0	0	0	0
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	0	0	0	0
Earnings from Continuing Operations Including Noncontrolling Interests	0	0	0	0
Earnings Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests	0	0	0	0
Earnings from Continuing Operations Attributable to Esterline, Net of Tax	0	0	0	0
Loss from Discontinued Operations Attributable to Esterline, Net of Tax	0	0	0	0
Equity in Net Earnings of Consolidated Subsidiaries	(43,992)	(41,937)	(54,977)	(73,705)
Net Earnings Attributable to Esterline	(43,992)	(41,937)	(54,977)	(73,705)
Comprehensive Income (Loss)	$ (45,566)	$ (76,700)	$ 56,581	$ (90,087)

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