Hi 43,
I thought you couldn't claim pay your own endorsement unless already employed by the airline.
Case by case basis - ATO have been proved wrong.
Consider most training wages only last untill training is complete, a few months at most, you may miss out on a few $1000 at worst. Most pay your own endorsement will not even consider you employed (let alone pay you) until you pass your company checkride, this may be two to three months with no income at all! and you still owe the endorsement cost if you fail!!
No not the case depends. Some of the salaries involved are quite high. My only point is that one needs to really look closely at all the figures.
Hey i reckon its crap that you have to part with any money but have mates that have gone down both paths and had some interesting comparisons.