I was not given the option of Sydney, I think that’s a Longreach thing possibly? I went directly with Crew and they just did it all in Tokyo on the nights leading up to the sim.
The sim instructors were Canadian/American about to or recently retired after long careers in other Japanese airlines. (Red team). I was very happy, They were very on point with what the assessments are like and train you for the “worst case scenario” -short vectors, little auotopilot use etc. 30% is learning the flight characteristics of the B767 and 70% is playing the “computer game” that is the profile. Also on the prep there is no motion on the sim which is harder, especially for the single engine manoeuvres, but it saves time too!
6hrs of sim is not much, I believe longreach offers extra time at your own cost.
I believe the pass rate is pretty good, don’t have the numbers. Pretty sure there is no chance of passing if you don’t do sim prep, at least for an average driver like myself.