Anyone in the know, can advise how the endorsments are working? From my understanding you have to have an A320 rating to be employed, so will they provide you with a letter of employment if you are not type rated? I understand there is no salary sacrifice, however heard a rumour that they are working on this? Would the letter of employment then be sufficient to provide a tax deduction on the endorsment? Just a thought.
Unless things have changed; you do not get a letter of employment, rather a conditional letter of acceptance into the holding pool. -BUT there was no holding pool anymore for 2012, unless they start one for 2013...which seems rather unfair on those that got wiped when the airline got grounded, from the original holding pool, that had type rated themselves!
You pay for the rating directly.