Josh Cahill
| Josh Cahill | |||||||
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.jpg) Cahill in 2020 | |||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Born | Aljoscha Wendholt 17 June 1986 | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | Aviation vlogger, airline critic | ||||||
| YouTube information | |||||||
| Channel | |||||||
| Years active | 2015–present | ||||||
| Genre | Reviews | ||||||
| Subscribers | 682,000[1] | ||||||
| Total views | 121.7 million[1] | ||||||
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Aljoscha Wendholt[2][3] (born 17 June 1986), professionally known as Josh Cahill,[2] is a German aviation vlogger, airline critic and blogger who presents airline reviews primarily through his YouTube channel.[4]
Early life
Aljoscha Wendholt was born in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. He moved to Saxony when he was six years old,[3] and grew up in the village of Mildenau in Saxony.[5] He started travelling in 2005 with his first trip to Lithuania.[5]
Career
In 2009, after abandoning an attempt to walk 12,000 km from Germany to Shanghai, China,[3][6] he hitchhiked from Germany to Iran.[7] He visited Afghanistan as a tourist in 2015, as well as North Korea in 2017.[8]
In July 2015, Cahill posted his first flight review on his YouTube channel and has since received over 121 million views. His most-watched review has over 22 million views.[9][5]
On 22 December 2020, Cahill and other bloggers were on board during the delivery of Uganda Airlines' first Airbus A330-800 from Toulouse to Entebbe; the delivery was led by General Katumba Wamala, the then Ugandan Minister of Works and Transport, and received by Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni.[10][11]
Incidents
In 2018, Cahill, on a Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to London, shared his criticisms on Instagram during the flight, using the in-flight Wi-Fi. According to Cahill, the crew confronted him for the Instagram post and refused to provide him any more service unless he stopped filming.[12]
On 7 January 2020, Cahill gave a negative review to Singapore Airlines. Someone claiming to be a Singapore Airlines crew member sent him a death threat. Cahill contacted local law enforcement regarding the death threat, who said they would investigate.[13]
In 2020, Cahill flew on board a Tunisair Airbus A330, and shared his criticisms of its lounge and onboard faculties.[14] In 2021, Cahill reviewed Tunisair again, giving another negative review. Upon arrival at Tunis International Airport, he was approached by five police officers over his previous video. They asked him to hand over his camera, which he refused.[15][16]
In 2024, an Aero Dili staff member had made Cahill's passport public, explaining that he had published Cahill's passport to prove that the problems at check-in occurred because the name in Cahill's passport did not match the name on Cahill's boarding pass.[17]
References
- ^ a b "About @JoshCahill". YouTube.
- ^ a b Von Hannah Metzger (September 20, 2010). "Per Anhalter geht's um die halbe Welt". Freie Presse (in German). Archived from the original on December 20, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ a b c "15 Millionen Schritte bis nach Shanghai - WELT". DIE WELT. November 17, 2011. Archived from the original on January 21, 2024.
- ^ Cheema, Sukhbir (January 17, 2020). "Travel vlogger gets death threat after giving Singapore Airlines an honest review". Mashable SEA. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Reiseblogger muss auf dem Boden bleiben | Freie Presse - Annaberg". Freie Presse (Saxony) (in German). Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "Shanghaiwalk auf unbestimmte Zeit verschoben!" (in German). Archived from the original on April 2, 2011.
- ^ "How getting lost in Iran changed seasoned traveller Josh Cahill's life forever". NewsComAu. April 13, 2014. Archived from the original on December 28, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ "What it's like in Afghanistan, the place Australians are warned not to visit". NewsComAu. March 18, 2015. Archived from the original on December 9, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ "Man leaves bad review of airline during flight and it only made things worse". indy100. November 22, 2018. Archived from the original on December 28, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
Cahill flies around 150 times each year obviously knows a thing or two about what makes a good flight and although the staff acted unprofessionally he'll perhaps think twice the next time he is compelled to post a bad review during a flight.
- ^ "Uganda Airlines erhält modernen Airbus A330-800 für Langstreckenflüge | reisetopia". reisetopia.de (in German). December 27, 2020. Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "Uganda Airlines gets new Airbus". The East African. December 22, 2020. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ Powell, Sebastian (November 25, 2018). "Malaysia Airlines Are Digging Themselves A Hole After Feud With Airline Blogger Who Accused Them Of Inflight Bullying". LoyaltyLobby. Archived from the original on October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- ^ Ong, Justin (January 16, 2020). "Airline vlogger faces backlash, including a death threat, for his negative review of Singapore Airlines". Today (Singapore newspaper). Archived from the original on October 13, 2020. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ Hana, Rim (August 25, 2020). "Tunisia-Travel vlogger slams Tunisair claims following a video review on the Flag carrier". Tunisia News (in French). Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- ^ "Vol Tunisair : le vidéaste allemand Josh Cahill remet ça…". lecourrierdelatlas (in French). August 11, 2021. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ "اليوتيوبر الألماني Josh Cahill في رحلة ثانية على التونسيار : كارثية وإحراج وطني (فيديو)". www.nessma.tv (in Arabic). August 10, 2021. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved August 12, 2021.
- ^ Viana, Rilijanto (February 23, 2023). "Funcionário da Aero Díli publica fotografia de passaporte de passageiro nas redes sociais" (in Portuguese). Diligente. Retrieved February 23, 2024.