Restructuring and Other Costs (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Schedule of Restructuring and Related Costs [Table Text Block]

(Dollars in millions)	Expected Costs		Costs Incurred in 2014			Costs Incurred Quarter Ended March 31, 2015			Remaining Costs at March 31, 2015
Otis	$	133	$	(98	)	$	(6	)	$	29
UTC Climate, Controls & Security	127		(86		)	(7		)	34
Pratt & Whitney	86		(64		)	(10		)	12
UTC Aerospace Systems	84		(72		)	—			12
Sikorsky	20		(20		)	—			—
Eliminations and other	5		(5		)	—			—
Total	$	455	$	(345	)	$	(23	)	$	87

(Dollars in millions)	Expected Costs		Costs Incurred Quarter Ended March 31, 2015			Remaining Costs at March 31, 2015
Otis	$	1	$	—		$	1
UTC Climate, Controls & Security	20		(16		)	4
Pratt & Whitney	1		(1		)	—
UTC Aerospace Systems	49		(47		)	2
Total	$	71	$	(64	)	$	7

(Dollars in millions)
Cost of sales	$	22
Selling, general and administrative	71
Total	$	93

(Dollars in millions)
Otis	$	6
UTC Climate, Controls & Security	24
Pratt & Whitney	13
UTC Aerospace Systems	50
Total	$	93

Schedule of Restructuring Reserve by Type of Cost [Table Text Block]

(Dollars in millions)	Severance			Facility Exit, Lease Termination and Other Costs			Total
Restructuring accruals at January 1, 2015	$	162		$	9		$	171
Net pre-tax restructuring costs	14			9			23
Utilization and foreign exchange	(46		)	(10		)	(56		)
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	130		$	8		$	138

(Dollars in millions)	Total
Net pre-tax restructuring costs	$	64
Utilization and foreign exchange	(3		)
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	61