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Graham Cargle
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Hello and welcome to my channel!
I'm Graham, an au pair and traveler who's tackling life one day at a time-with the help of coffee. I'm here to help you accomplish your dreams of traveling and exploring the world at little to NO cost. I talk about my experience as an au pair and how you can make your dream into a reality! Whether you need help finding a perfect host family, making friends in your new country, or traveling cheap, I'm your guy!
Let's keep in touch!
Follow me on Instagram: @aupair.graham
Shoot me your questions: grahamcargle@gmail.com
I'm Graham, an au pair and traveler who's tackling life one day at a time-with the help of coffee. I'm here to help you accomplish your dreams of traveling and exploring the world at little to NO cost. I talk about my experience as an au pair and how you can make your dream into a reality! Whether you need help finding a perfect host family, making friends in your new country, or traveling cheap, I'm your guy!
Let's keep in touch!
Follow me on Instagram: @aupair.graham
Shoot me your questions: grahamcargle@gmail.com
CLASS DATE FOR FLIGHT ATTENDANT TRAINING -- cabin crew life
I GOT MY CLASS DATE FOR FLIGHT ATTENDANT TRAINING //
**This video reflects my personal views and DOES NOT reflect those of my airline.**
Hi to all and welcome back to the channel! In this video, I share with you guys some info about getting my class date and how I'm getting ready for training. I was originally sent the class date email about 3 weeks ago, but there's been a lot of stuff up in the air about when it could happen, so I've waited a while to make this video.
Even if you're watching this video later on, this info is still relevant if I haven't made an updated video.
This video reflects my personal views and DOES NOT reflect those of my airline.
Follow me on insta: @global.graham
Email me your questions: grahamcargle@gmail.com
Many thanks and smooth skies,
-Graham, xoxo
**This video reflects my personal views and DOES NOT reflect those of my airline.**
Hi to all and welcome back to the channel! In this video, I share with you guys some info about getting my class date and how I'm getting ready for training. I was originally sent the class date email about 3 weeks ago, but there's been a lot of stuff up in the air about when it could happen, so I've waited a while to make this video.
Even if you're watching this video later on, this info is still relevant if I haven't made an updated video.
This video reflects my personal views and DOES NOT reflect those of my airline.
Follow me on insta: @global.graham
Email me your questions: grahamcargle@gmail.com
Many thanks and smooth skies,
-Graham, xoxo
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LEAVING HOME AGAIN? -- traveling to Seville to au pair
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THE TRUTH ABOUT TRAVELING TO COLOMBIA IN 2021
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WHY I'VE QUIT AU PAIR LIFE -- male au pair in Spain
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I started learning German for about a week now but found out how complicated the language is and decided to stop learning this language. I learned Spanish and I've been learning Italian recently. But German isn't practical and it seems so complicated. BUT I would like to learn a Germanic language so I am stuck between Norwegian or Swedish. BUT I need to find out which has a better selection of literature and TV shows available before selecting one.
Yeah fuck ATP, they're as bad as Westwood College used to be until they went out of business. I hate how they all take advantage of people who are struggling to get into a career they love. ~Uber Driver ( flight dreamer)
ATP is a scam!
can you book the appointment before you leave to spain?
@@selenalabrado9142 I think so! As long as you have your NIE, you should be able to
Get a ground instructor certification; they never expire and will exempt you from future CFI fundamentals of instructing ground training and knowledge tests; the cost is $200-$400. You can go from zero time to CPL-glider and self-launch rating with 25 hours of flight time and 100 total flights; the cost is $6000-$8000. I've seen it done in under 3 weeks. Obtain CFI glider; the cost is $2500-$4000 and can be done in 4-6 days. Start doing instruction in a motor glider, either working at a flight school or financing an older diamond motor glider. Save up the money you make from instructing; when you get close to 1200 hours, sell your motor glider at a breakeven price or small loss. Transition over to PPL-A IR and CPL-A; the glider flight hours will reduce some of the requirements needed for these. You should be close to ATP eligible after this. I've seen this done in under 18 months total time. Yes, airlines are hiring people with over 1200 of the required 1500 hours being done in a glider. I know a few that actually prefer applicants with high glider time; they are better at manual control and the sensations of flying an aircraft.
If you au pair in Spain for three months, do you have to take language classes and do you need insurance?
Thankfully there are much better languages out there that dont deserve to die out for eternity. Spit on this one.
Holy crap your 30 min from me in Rome!
@@The71boss351 i live in Rome! Born and raised here 😜
@@grahamcargleTallapoosa
Man up if your not built for it quit
Let me tell you why I didn't chose ATP... No flight attendant program.
Graham - Thank you for these insights. I think I will look at another route to becoming a pilot. Besides, I have to continue to work full-time and couldn't do the time commitment.
Glad it was helpful and best of luck to you ❤
ATP was the 8th search result for me 😊
So what’s the big deal about “rushing” through some something serious as learning how to fly a plane? I would think it will be a longer process because, well I mean you’re flying a plane lol is it not that hard that some of may think it is.
This video is lowk bs, except the CFI part
I am retired now, ATP is a pilot mill, Look up Silver State Helicopters. Since I fly both, it was a hard sell marketing mess. Thre is no real short cuts it takes time and a lot of study. Oh don't borrow money for training if you can help it, the first couple of jobs will not pay very well.
Take the student money and run is ATP's current motto... coming from experience
I spoke with someone at ATP and it wasn’t realistic. I’m a mother of two and they told me that I can’t work while in school, the loan they offer through Sallie Mae is $109K and once you become a CFI with them they only make $30-35K a year they said it would be hard to afford the loan repayment and cost of living but you’ll get your hours. So I said no to ATP as well
I know this came out a year ago but how do i find a flight school that works for me
Find a Part 61 school around you and interview a CFI that clicks with your learning style. PPL is the hardest one for lots of people. Getting your PPL is going to be a confidence booster for you if thinking about joining ATP program later.
It’s not like you’re going to be flying passengers on a triple 7 over seas once you pass a check ride or two. There has to be a lot more training and flight hours once you get the cfi.
I'm going to start off by saying in the intro.You stated that you are not saying ATP Is a bad school. But the title suggests otherwise. I'm not sure about everybody else, but when you start. The video immediately contradicting the title you chose. Makes me not want to finish the video. So I'm going to find me another video I NEVER watch another one of your videos because of that specification. You may think I'm overreacting, but if you went to high scool. And your math teacher says, "As a math teacher I'm going to prove why you don't use math in any job." Then the next day you do your own research and find out. There's no job that you don't have to do math. Would you continue going to that math class?
thank you so much for your videos!! did you have to get your background notarized prior to your apostille?
You’re so welcome! I honestly don’t remember, but I don’t think the order matters.
They told me it's a 109k loan
Most of these issues stated here arent specific to ATP. CFI's not being happy? Not making a lot of money? Yeah thats an industry issue. But the point of doing CFI isnt to go retire and ride off into the sunset. Its to accumulate hours. Its a means to an end. Anyone that genuinely doesnt realize that.. I dont know but maybe they need to reevaluate a lot of things. As far as ATP, they do state everything to you clearly before you sign up. You literally read through paths of students and you see most will avg about 3 yrs before they land a job at an airline. I didnt actually sign up, I ended up working in a vets office and hope to go to vet school. But just stating my experience with many flight schools as well as largely known issues in the industry while doing my own research.
I'm currently at an airline layover and been surfing UA-cam and this video came up... Yes, you are definitely not the type that ATP would be good for. I went through ATP years ago. ATP is for someone that that has been interested in an airline career for a while, someone that understands what they are getting into and maybe has been flying flight sim or has been an av geek for a while. ATP will absolutely not hold your hand, they just provide the pieces, it's up to you to assemble it so to speak... I absolutely loved my time at ATP, it was so airline training centric that I was probably better at doing IFR flying with checklist procedures than knowing how to fly VFR in a Cessna around my local area. The ones that did not make it in my ATP class were the ones that came in expecting ATP to show them the way.... It's a give take relationship, in exchange for processing you quickly so you can get your ratings, they sacrifice the personal touch. But still, I loved my time there. As far as the CFI arrangement they have yea they absolutely take advantage of you, but once you make it to an airline job it will all make sense, it's better just to fly as much as you can making no money so you can apply as fast as you can vs being at a "nice" CFI gig.
Ok I’m assuming you didn’t work as a CFI to get those hours in.. Did you just get a job and flew whenever you got the time to?
Are you technically working while going to school? Wondering how you pay bills while being in "school"?
Total scam... Total DUMP! ATP's instructors were weird and unreliable! They have like a 90% dropout rate. They say its because others were "uncommitted" and your experience will be different. Of course it isn't though! Everyone I started with had quit within 3 months!! Don't be a sucker at ATP!!
How much money I should to give the agency????
From now on when I fly im asking the pilot if he went to ATP 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Im looking into Pheonix East Aviation. Touring this weekend. Thanks for the video.
ATP is whatnit is... pay for play
I been doing as much research as i can, especially with me having Type 2 Diabetes and being 34 years old as of today as im writing this. Not only do i have this going on, but crippling debt as well. I always wanted to fly since i was young. From my local mom and pop to Blueline Aviation to ATP, i think any flight school will be a good trainer since i relatively have nothing else going on in my life. Single, no kids. I hear better things about Blueline than ATP, but at my age (assuming when ill start) if i hunker down and put the pieces together i think ATP would essentially give me somewhat a guarantee, assuming if im (or anyone) too incompetent. What i realize growing up is if you stick to it and if youre serious things will fall through, like college for example. I went to college dropped out and tried to go back and half the stuff i did i hardly retain, but that was because i didnt take college seriously. Now that im older, if i do decide to go back to (any) school i know that i would have to take it seriously... and if i go to ATP for example i will take it seriously because i know money is involved and the last thing i want to be is THAT guy the fucks up. I think ATP and any school flight or not is just "fast tracking" you (anyone) for the career change because in a nut shell thats their investment. And if ATP is partnered with an x-amount of airlines, youre essentially just shifting your life to a new career, and theyre just the middle man so to say. As we speak im still looking keeping my options open, but at this point in my life i dont mind being the sheep and following the herd. Been making minimum or slightly above minimum all my life, and starting off at $100 per hour as a F.O. dont really seem that bad. And im sure if youre making pennies to the dollor some of those pennies will go to your loan that you took out for school. Lets say its ⅛-¼ of the loan you paid of by being an ATP flight instructor. Once when you become a F.O. assuming the loan is $80k-$100k, all you have to pay is $70,k/$75k-$90,k/$95,k (assuming i did my math right) and within a year or two that can literally be paid off, assuming if there are no other obligations like rent, insurance, car note, cellphone, etc. I also joined the Navy when i was 27 and when i joined i realize youre not too young to learn, and you have to take things seriously. So ending on this note i do appreciate your video, and it does give me an insight on what to expect if i do decide to sell my soul and go to ATP. I do hope to see you in the skies. "Aim high" "look ahead".
For the same price you can be a heart/lung transplant surgeon. Lol! You can brace yourself when they won't give you a price and say "Come in and let's talk about it." Most of my friends now deceased never went through all that, they got most of their training in the military and only had to learn to fly the specific planes. Poor kids don't have a chance today.
I personally had a different experience. Where they had a phone interview with me asking about my background etc. a bit different. But I agree with most of it
ATP - the swift of flight schools
so what school did you choose?
Cry me a river
What if it’s them that makes you uncomfortable in the house? Like I dont know a solution to that
As a native German speaker who's currently learning Japanese for 2 years, to be totally frank, as a foreigner I wouldn't want to study it either X'D Just let me tell you one thing about German.. This language is darn hard, even for natives at times, but once you get into a like native++ level, then the language's puns and extremely creative possibilities in compounding words together (that shouldn't even exist in a dictionary) can be a really impressive way (for folks listening to you) in expressing your thoughts so harshly direct and charmingly, that it would just lack the overall deeper impact while trying to express the same thought in English, or many other languages that just lack the underlying 'roughness'. German is known as The Language of philosophical thinkers, and while it recently became an internet meme to nitpick on German because of its long and really unrelated-seeming words and the (somewhat dry-sounding) style of pronunciation, you're getting a true gem in terms of playing with words or spreading black humor in a way that has yet to be seen in most other languages~ Aber naja - wer nicht will, der hat schon :] edit: But yea your point got me with the lack of sunshine within the spirits of german folks XD In Japanese, the Kanji for Germany is represented by this one 独 - and guess what.. Its meaning besides "Germany" is "single" or "alone" - all coincidence..? X'DD
To be honest I don't really care about male or female because I have 2 boys but people stereotype female as nurturing gender and for parents who has daughter usually male au pair is out of question. Also, host expect minimum to moderate housework assistance like dish, laundry, cleaning, and cooking. Which again stereotypical female role. I wouldn't mind since I could use strength of male au pair in pinch like moving grocery or furniture instead.
I have used the advertising reasoning for everything for years. I grew up and have worked in small businesses for my entire life except for my service time. I worked for an auto repair garage owned by a family member that had been in business for 30 years before I started working there. The only advertising he did was in the Catholic and Lutheran church and maybe some school papers. The 12 years I worked their I can't remember many times we weren't at leas week out on appointments. These small adds, word of mouth, honesty, and clean reliable work is what built the business. We weren't the cheapest place and didn't get into price competitions with others and we had good customers.
Hello I'm looking for a host family in Canada.. can anyone help me please?
It is interesting because we are actually looking specifically for a male au pair for the very reason that we REALLY want someone to play with our boys. Our boys are SO SO energetic and we want someone who can keep up. So many of the girls we have been interviewing just don't seem to be as energetic.
Hello can i inbox you.I am a male agef 25 and i am looking for a host family
i'm headed to Shenzhen, China in 2 weeks just for this reason! So many families in China are searching for a male role model. I'm 31, spent years as a coach, broadcast producer, and cell tower climber.
This was a eye Opener However, you didn't mention what you did instead🤦
In Australia we call a flight school like that "a sausage factory"
I looked at some au pair profiles and I saw a lot of girls posing and looking very inappropriate…. It looked like they are in Tinder 🥴
YES! I have literally NO idea why girls do this… it’s not flattering for the context of the job 😅
@@grahamcargle my husband and I are seriously considering an au pair and we are leaning towards male one instead of a female one… I’m not sure if a male au pair will feel comfortable with a 3 year old and 7-8 months old baby…. But just by looking at the profiles it seems like boys are more professional than the girls….
@@vla179 that’s so sweet! There are sooo many sweet and loving guys that dream of being an au pair, but never get the chance, so this warms my heart ♥️ I’ve honestly been so impressed by the bro pairs I have known. All very professional and kind.
I can't create a profile. It says that my profile cannot be accepted. Please help me 🥹
I want be aupair to 😢
Thank you for the tips, it's very helpful for me!! Soon I'll organize my aupair profile and start looking for a hostfam. Wish me luck🤞
You got this 💪
ATP will get you where you need to go if you're willing to put in the work. They're not babysitters, they're not your parents. YOU are responsible for learning, asking questions, and demonstrating knowledge. There is no "it was alright-ish" Its either SAT or UNSAT. Is it worth it? Depends. Read below.... 1) Now, its VERY expensive. I was quoted about $117,900 for 7 months. 5 Months in, they told me that I needed another $12,500 to finish the program. *HINT* NOT 7 months. The first 2-3 months is spent on your PPL. Instead of the required 40 hours, they make you get 80 hours (Gives ATP another $20,000-25,000). 2) *THIS PROGRAM IS NOT 7 MONTHS!* Its only 7 months, if you NEVER get sick, if you fly 7 days straight, and no outside factors (family stuff, religious things etc.) and that depends on your instructor. 3) *BE AWARE* ATP has been doing some SHADY stuff. This is my PERSONAL experience as well as several other students: I was scheduled for CFI classes in the middle of the month (15th). They emailed me at 830am on the 8th saying I had to be in class by 930. No advanced warning or anything. THE DAY OF. And if you're absent or late, they charge you a $150 late fee and kick you out of CFI. They are doing that because there is not enough students for instructors, and they cant guarantee jobs for their new CFI's. This problem could be mitigated by them assisting in finding their new CFI's a job, or by creating partnerships with other flight schools. ALSO in other phases of flight (private, commercial, instrument) You get "Proficiency Flights" These are "Free" flights (about an hour long) to help you prep for the check rides. When you get to CFI, there are none of these flights. You get 3 flights (6 hours) in the right seat. If you need more training, you are charged FULL PRICE for it and it comes out of your loan. If you dont have money, they will want you to get more money. CFI's dont get paid on the ground, only in sims and in the plane. 4) ATP helps you get your license and certifications quickly. You are required to know the material. They don't hand out certs like candy. It is an INTENSE course. After your PPL things speed up exponentially. You'll blink and be in CFI before you know it. This course is designed for speed and accuracy. Its not a "fly on the weekends" program. You fly every day, followed by a ground class. Even though you only spend 4-5 hours at the facility, its physically and mentally draining and if you're not good with stress, its gonna be a rough year. There are no breaks with learning. Just because you leave the training center, does not mean you're done for the day. You go home and spend another 4-6+ hours studying for the next day. 5) The training centers have full cockpit simulators, with graphics from Microsoft Flight Sim 1982. Idk how a company spends thousands of dollars on a simulator and no graphics to help the student. The simulators are good for learning to program a GPS and thats about it. You cant do ground reference maneuvers, the sim does not fly like the real aircraft either. Its more difficult. But they say: "If you can fly the sim you can fly the plane" leading to over corrections in the actual plane. Overall, ATP does gets you your certs. However, the length and price of the program is different for everyone. Dont fall for the 7 months 0 to hero. Plan for 9-12 months. The instructors are great, they care and want to make you successful. The instructors are the best part of the program. The company? Is just a company. They're trying to maximize profits, and competing. There is rumors of a potential lawsuit against ATP for False Advertisement (regarding price and timeline).
Any flight schools you guys recommend in Orlando Florida?