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The aggregate amount of receivables to be collected from related parties where one party can exercise control or significant influence over another party; including affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, pension trusts, and so forth, at the financial statement date. which are usually due within one year (or one business cycle).

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of obligations due all related parties. For classified balance sheets, represents the current portion of such liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer).

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The nature of common ownership or management control relationships with other entities, when the existence of that control could result in operating results or financial position of reporting entity significantly different from those that would have been obtained if the entities' were autonomous, should be disclosed even though there are no transactions between the entities.

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Revenues, net of returns and allowances, realized from sales and other transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party during the period.

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Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 29, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 29, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Related Party Transactions Textuals [Abstract]
Percentage of Hawker Beechcraft Inc. owned by Onex Partners II LP			49
Hawker Beechcraft [Member]
Related Party Transactions Textuals [Abstract]
Net revenues	$ 2.7	$ 1.4	$ 7.2	$ 3.8
Receivables due from Hawker	3.3		3.3
Receivable write-off, Hawker			0.3
Aviall [Member]
Related Party Transactions Textuals [Abstract]
Net revenues		1.1		3.1
Subsidiary of Onex [Member]
Related Party Transactions Textuals [Abstract]
Amount Paid To Supplier Maximum	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2
Boeing Fee Incurred [Member]
Related Party Transactions Textuals [Abstract]
Related Party Transaction Maximum Expenses From Transactions With Related Party	0	0	0	0.1
Maximum Amounts owed to Boeing and recorded as accrued liabilities	0	0.1	0	0.1
Legal fee payments to law firm where the spouse of one of the Company's executives is a special counsel [Member]
Related Party Transactions Textuals [Abstract]
Related Party Transaction Maximum Expenses From Transactions With Related Party	0.6	0.4	1.5	1
Rockwell Collins [Member]
Related Party Transactions Textuals [Abstract]
Amount Paid To Supplier Maximum	0.1		0.1
Amounts Owed To Supplier And Recorded As Accrued Liabilities, maximum	$ 0.1		$ 0.1