Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	9 Months Ended
Nov. 25, 2011
Summary of Significant Accounting Policy [Abstract]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policy	1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of ETC, our wholly-owned subsidiaries (i.e., NASTAR Center LLC, ETC Delaware, and ETC International Corporation), our 95%-owned subsidiary, ETC-PZL Aerospace Industries SP. Z 0.0, (“ETC-PZL”), and our 99%-owned subsidiary, Environmental Tectonics Corporation (Europe) Limited (“ETC Europe”). “ETC SH” refers to the Company's corporate headquarters and main production plant located in Southampton, Pennsylvania, USA. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared by ETC, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and reflect all adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. In accordance with industry practices, costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted long-term contracts are classified as current even though a portion of these amounts may not be realized within one year. Certain information in footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America has been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations and the financial results for the periods presented may not be indicative of the full year's results. However, the Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 2011 fiscal year. References to 2012 third quarter are references to the 13-week period ended November 25, 2011. References to 2011 third quarter are references to the 13-week period ended November 26, 2010. References to the 2012 first three quarters are references to the 39-week period ended November 25, 2011. References to the 2011 first three quarters are references to the 39-week period ended November 26, 2010. References to fiscal 2012 or the 2012 fiscal year are references to the fifty-two week period ending February 24, 2012. References to fiscal 2011 or the 2011 fiscal year are references to the fifty-two week period ended February 25, 2011. Significant Accounting Policies There have been no material changes in the Company's significant accounting policies during fiscal 2012 as compared to what was previously disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 2011 fiscal year. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income. ASU 2011-05 amends the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (Codification) to allow an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In both choices, an entity is required to present each component of net income along with total net income, each component of other comprehensive income along with a total for other comprehensive income, and a total amount for comprehensive income. ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders' equity. The amendments to the Codification in the ASU do not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income. In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-12, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05. Among the new provisions in ASU 2011-05 was a requirement for entities to present reclassification adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component in both the statement in which net income is presented and the statement in which other comprehensive income is presented (for both interim and annual financial statements); accordingly, this requirement is indefinitely deferred by ASU 2011-12 and will be further deliberated by the FASB at a future date. Both ASU 2011-05 and ASU 2011-12 will be concurrently applied retrospectively for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011.

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of ETC, our wholly-owned subsidiaries (i.e., NASTAR Center LLC, ETC Delaware, and ETC International Corporation), our 95%-owned subsidiary, ETC-PZL Aerospace Industries SP. Z 0.0, (“ETC-PZL”), and our 99%-owned subsidiary, Environmental Tectonics Corporation (Europe) Limited (“ETC Europe”). “ETC SH” refers to the Company's corporate headquarters and main production plant located in Southampton, Pennsylvania, USA. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared by ETC, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and reflect all adjustments which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.

In accordance with industry practices, costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted long-term contracts are classified as current even though a portion of these amounts may not be realized within one year.

Certain information in footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America has been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations and the financial results for the periods presented may not be indicative of the full year's results. However, the Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 2011 fiscal year.

References to 2012 third quarter are references to the 13-week period ended November 25, 2011. References to 2011 third quarter are references to the 13-week period ended November 26, 2010. References to the 2012 first three quarters are references to the 39-week period ended November 25, 2011. References to the 2011 first three quarters are references to the 39-week period ended November 26, 2010. References to fiscal 2012 or the 2012 fiscal year are references to the fifty-two week period ending February 24, 2012. References to fiscal 2011 or the 2011 fiscal year are references to the fifty-two week period ended February 25, 2011.

Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no material changes in the Company's significant accounting policies during fiscal 2012 as compared to what was previously disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 2011 fiscal year.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income. ASU 2011-05 amends the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (Codification) to allow an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In both choices, an entity is required to present each component of net income along with total net income, each component of other comprehensive income along with a total for other comprehensive income, and a total amount for comprehensive income. ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders' equity. The amendments to the Codification in the ASU do not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income.

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-12, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05. Among the new provisions in ASU 2011-05 was a requirement for entities to present reclassification adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component in both the statement in which net income is presented and the statement in which other comprehensive income is presented (for both interim and annual financial statements); accordingly, this requirement is indefinitely deferred by ASU 2011-12 and will be further deliberated by the FASB at a future date.

Both ASU 2011-05 and ASU 2011-12 will be concurrently applied retrospectively for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011.