EFI at Islip?

[halfmoon]

A guy just called me for an interview from EFI (executive flightways) based in ISP, NY.
I don't know much about the company but have done a search on this site and found a few results.
Do you really have to put down a $5000 deposit for training? and is there a 2 year training contract?
appreciate any input

 

[bryrex]

any Info please

Anyone have any current info on Executive Flightways (EFI). TheyflyLears, Falcons and G-IV's. Past work experiences, QOL,anything.Based on Long Island at ISP. Thanks!

 

[Gulfstream 200]

A guy just called me for an interview from EFI (executive flightways) based in ISP, NY.
I don't know much about the company but have done a search on this site and found a few results.
Do you really have to put down a $5000 deposit for training? and is there a 2 year training contract?
appreciate any input

A "Deposit"?? --- WTF?

Id leave a "deposit" on thier front desk - a big steamy one.

 

[rice]

Anyone have any current info on Executive Flightways (EFI). TheyflyLears, Falcons and G-IV's. Past work experiences, QOL,anything.Based on Long Island at ISP. Thanks!

Don't really know much about EFI but can tell you about QOL on Long Island.
Great place to live if your from there otherwise you'll probably hate it. Lots of traffic, very very expensive to live there (housing in the avg. to good neighborhoods starts at $500k if you're lucky), gas is still around $2.15/gal, sales tax is 8+%, property taxes like you can't imagine (about 8 to 10k on that 500k house), and one of the highest payroll taxes in the nation, Nothing to do in the winter except wait in even worse traffic, oh yeah lots of culture shock if your from anywhere west of NJ.

On the upside there is lots to do in the summer and it is a beatiful place from Memorial day to Labor day. Boating, beach, etc. Trouble is, with what I'm guessing EFI is paying you probably won't be able to afford to do much of anything.

Good Luck!!!!!

 

[TimsKeeper]

they seem like a pretty good company even though I don't think the contract very fair. the pay will be reasonable in a years time when you upgrade.

 

[Vingus]

I interviewed with EFI several months ago and found them to be a very credible company. Yes, $5,000 was required, but it could be taken out in small sums over a year. They do have a two year training contract for ~20,000. After one year, you would only owe 10,000.


Upgrade would be less than 2 years and the pay was not bad, better than NetJets. Around 45,000. plus a 10% bonus for a first year FO. I would guess that a new Captain would make 60-70K/year. It is straight salary....not an hourly gig.

The schedule was kinda tough, though. Eight days off a month....and four of them were movable by scheduling.

Alll in all, probably better than the regionals and they paid more than NetJets.

Give them a call....they were a very friendly buch of people IMO.

 

[Guppydriver]

I interviewed with EFI several months ago and found them to be a very credible company. Yes, $5,000 was required, but it could be taken out in small sums over a year. They do have a two year training contract for ~20,000. After one year, you would only owe 10,000.


Upgrade would be less than 2 years and the pay was not bad, better than NetJets. Around 45,000. plus a 10% bonus for a first year FO. I would guess that a new Captain would make 60-70K/year. It is straight salary....not an hourly gig.

The schedule was kinda tough, though. Eight days off a month....and four of them were movable by scheduling.

Alll in all, probably better than the regionals and they paid more than NetJets.

Give them a call....they were a very friendly buch of people IMO.

8 days off month???!!! Wow, things must be great there. When I was at EFI several years ago we got four days off and they were all movable. We had a 60 minute call out.

 

[jetflier]

I interviewed with EFI several months ago and found them to be a very credible company. Yes, $5,000 was required, but it could be taken out in small sums over a year. They do have a two year training contract for ~20,000. After one year, you would only owe 10,000.


Upgrade would be less than 2 years and the pay was not bad, better than NetJets. Around 45,000. plus a 10% bonus for a first year FO. I would guess that a new Captain would make 60-70K/year. It is straight salary....not an hourly gig.

The schedule was kinda tough, though. Eight days off a month....and four of them were movable by scheduling.

Alll in all, probably better than the regionals and they paid more than NetJets.

Give them a call....they were a very friendly buch of people IMO.

I used to work for John Grillo, and I really liked working for them.

John used to be an AA pilot was was a pilots pilot.

Equiptment was very well maintained with great missions.

I'd give a call back...

 

[psysicx]

2.15 for gas was the good old days.

 

[rice]

2.15 for gas was the good old days.

Well look how old this thread is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gotta say jetflier, you had to dig pretty deep to bring this one back to life.

 

[Diesel]

Wow 2.15 a gallon.... I sat there for two months and the lowest I found was 3.20 for diesel.

This thread must have been really deep.

 

[TimsKeeper]

forget about my post all that time ago.

what i hear from former employees of EFI that i now work with is stay away.

they'll waive that "fee" LOLOL if they really want you....the contract is ridiculous.

the island, in general, is too expensive and companies pay way too little.

 

[ruhroa]

average house on the island is 25 yrs old ..cost the owner prob around 45 to 50k when built now selling for 400 to 600 k depending where on the island. taxes average 6 to 7 k.............. salaries average 60 to 70k for most mid size cpt positions ............. two major part135 outfits have trainng contracts....................... almost impossible if you have a wife and a couple of kids............ sounds great if you live other than cali or northeast but it is not good here financially speaking

 

[rice]

Come on man, tell it like it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Avg house is more like 35 to 40+ years old. Avg price in Nassau county went over $500k last year. Taxes in any town with a decent school district are double that 6 to 7k. Salaries you stated are about the right though, you could double those and most would still have a rough time making it on "the Island". About six months ago Newsday ran a spread which had Long Island in the top 5 most expensive areas in the nation to buy a home when compared to avg. household incomes.
BTW, hows the job????

average house on the island is 25 yrs old ..cost the owner prob around 45 to 50k when built now selling for 400 to 600 k depending where on the island. taxes average 6 to 7 k.............. salaries average 60 to 70k for most mid size cpt positions ............. two major part135 outfits have trainng contracts....................... almost impossible if you have a wife and a couple of kids............ sounds great if you live other than cali or northeast but it is not good here financially speaking

 

[AA717driver]

Small correction. John Grillo is a former TWA pilot, furloughed AA. Don't know him or anything about the operation.

He was trying to help furloughed guys as much as possible and was pretty up front about the pay and QOL. TC

 

[PMVULB AvMgr]

Small correction. John Grillo is a former TWA pilot, furloughed AA. Don't know him or anything about the operation.

He was trying to help furloughed guys as much as possible and was pretty up front about the pay and QOL. TC

Check out - http://www.fly-efi.com/personnel/john-grillo.html . I've known John professionally for the past 7 years; he's a gentleman in a business that's heavily inhabited by roaches and rats!

 

[wafu39]

EFI is a top quality product for its customers.

A/C are well maintained, and their dispatch office looks like a pt121 operation.

The management are all straight-up guys from top to bottom.

Only trouble is no one pays enough to live in Long Island.

 

[say again]

Only trouble is no one pays enough to live in Long Island.

There's the damn truth!! Sad, but true!!!!

 

[psysicx]

Condos are pretty cheap but I don't know what is considered a good area.

 

[Pattern-Master]

Most areas of Long Island are nice and safe, only a few small confined spots are bad.