Spot on Jag.
20 hours at say $800 per hour = $16,000
Plus motel on a weekly rate 4x $300 = $1200
Plus a car(rent a bomb)= $500
Plus fuel for car 4 x $30 = $120
Food say at $40 per dayx 28 = $1120
Total: $18,940
That only covers your training, don't forget you still have to pay for all your other bills and if you are a family man you still have to provide for them.
And for that you get a $42,000 a year job living in the most expensive city in Australia. And if you are lucky you may have a command in 3-5 years.
Me thinks REX and the other regionals are about to be flooded with applications and in 12 months time Eastern will be screaming for pilots.