Chairman,
I'm impressed, only been here 5 minutes and you have appointed yourself the moderator. Maybe you had trouble getting a job simply because of your personality i.e. not only are you a crap pilot but an a/hole at the same time! But that's nothing new.
I must admit it was 1986 when I last flew in that area, and mentioning R22 was still blasphemy.
As for hours - what's that got to do with it? What in your small mind is enough?
I still hold ATPL/CPL in 3 different countries, LAME in 4 different countries, have some experience in about a dozen different types, 4 of which are twins, have flown in about 20 different countries with only about 8000 hours. Chicken manure compared to others here in this forum.
"No offence intended by my comments as they are unrelated to the incident."
Took the words out of my mouth - why not start another thread to show you have some respect. Shouldn't take you more than a week to work out. Heres the subject for you - "Working outback is all about !!!! machines and dodgy maintenance" and while your there how about a dissertation on your experiences as PIC of the Bell 412 with Auto Hover (evidently).
See a doctor beforehand though, it would appear that the swelling in your testes has migrated to your head!