Percentage of aftermarket sale in commercial production segment.

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Sales arising from U.S. government prime or sub contracts including military sales.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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Total revenue from sale of goods and services rendered during the reporting period, in the normal course of business, reduced by sales returns and allowances, and sales discounts.

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Segments (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Segments (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Oct. 01, 2016	Jul. 02, 2016	Apr. 02, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015	Jul. 04, 2015	Apr. 04, 2015	Jan. 03, 2015	Oct. 01, 2016	Oct. 03, 2015	Sep. 27, 2014
Revenue, Major Customer and Product Lines
Net sales	$ 619,078	$ 613,260	$ 611,142	$ 568,457	$ 623,224	$ 634,539	$ 637,246	$ 630,523	$ 2,411,937	$ 2,525,532	$ 2,648,385
Percentage of aftermarket sale in both military and commercial production segment									29.00%	30.00%	32.00%
Sales Arising From Government Prime Or Sub Contracts Including Military Sales									$ 726,562	$ 780,259	$ 763,004
Boeing
Revenue, Major Customer and Product Lines
Sales to Boeing and Boeing Commercial Airplanes									$ 346,596	$ 399,082	$ 431,148
Percentage of sales to Boeing									14.00%	16.00%	16.00%
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Revenue, Major Customer and Product Lines
Sales to Boeing and Boeing Commercial Airplanes									$ 251,288	$ 240,984	$ 243,114