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REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS (Put Rights) (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2023
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Subsidiary One [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2005 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 95.90% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 | [1]
Put Rights Purchase Period | 1 year | [2]
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Subsidiary Four [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2009 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 82.50% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 | [1]
Put Rights Purchase Period | 1 year |
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Subsidiary Ten [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2015 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 80.10% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 | [1]
Put Rights Purchase Period | 2 years |
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Subsidiary Twelve [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2018 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 85.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 | [1]
Put Rights Purchase Period | 1 year |
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Subsidiary Fourteen [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2019 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 92.70% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 | [1]
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Subsidiary Fifteen [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2019 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 85.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Subsidiary Seventeen [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2019 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 75.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years | [3]
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Subsidiary Eighteen [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2020 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 80.10% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2025 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Subsidiary Twenty [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2020 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 75.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years | [3]
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Subsidiary Twenty-One [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2020 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 90.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2025 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Subsidiary Twenty-Four |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2021 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 80.10% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 3 years | [4]
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Subsidiary Twenty-Seven |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2022 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 80.40% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2027 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Subsidiary Twenty-Eight |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2023 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 90.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2025 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 1 year |
Electronic Technologies Group [Member] | Subsidiary Twenty-Nine |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2023 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 91.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2028 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 1 year |
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Two [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2006 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 80.10% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 | [1]
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Three [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2008 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 90.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Five [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2012 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 84.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 | [1]
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Six [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2012 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 80.10% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2027 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years | [5]
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Seven [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2015 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 82.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 | [1]
Put Rights Purchase Period | 3 years | [6]
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Eight [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2015 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 80.10% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 | [1]
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Nine [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2015 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 85.10% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 | [7]
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Eleven [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2017 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 90.10% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2024 | [7]
Put Rights Purchase Period | 1 year |
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Thirteen [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2018 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 90.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2027 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Sixteen [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2019 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 80.10% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2026 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Nineteen [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2020 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 70.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2027 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Twenty-Two [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2021 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 80.10% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2026 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Twenty-Three [Member] |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2021 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 89.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2028 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Twenty-Five |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2022 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 74.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2029 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
Flight Support Group [Member] | Subsidiary Twenty-Six |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |
Effective Date of Acquisition | Oct. 31, 2022 |
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired | 96.00% |
Class of Warrant or Right, Date from which Warrants or Rights Exercisable | Oct. 31, 2029 |
Put Rights Purchase Period | 4 years |
[1] | Currently puttable.
[2] | The Put Right for a 2.6% noncontrolling interest is to be purchased in a lump sum and the Put Right for the remaining 1.5% interest is to be purchased over a four-year period.
[3] | The exercise of a Put Right for either entity will automatically trigger a Put Right exercise for the other entity. The Put Rights for a 10% noncontrolling interest and the remaining 15% interest may be exercised beginning in fiscal 2024 and 2025, respectively, with each purchase over a four-year period.
[4] | The Put Rights for an aggregate 13.5% noncontrolling interest may be exercised beginning in fiscal 2024 with the purchase over a three-year period. The Put Right for the remaining 6.4% noncontrolling interest may be exercised beginning in fiscal 2028 with the purchase over a four-year period.
[5] | The Put Rights for a 14.9% noncontrolling interest and the remaining 5.0% interest may be exercised beginning in fiscal 2027 and 2029, respectively, with each purchase over a four-year period.
[6] | The Put Right for a 15% noncontrolling interest may be exercised in 5% increments annually and the first increment is currently puttable. The Put Right for the remaining 3% noncontrolling interest may be exercised in one-fifth increments beginning in fiscal 2028.
[7] | Put Right previously exercised.

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