only the army has the helicopters in australia.
255 hours comand out of 700 is not much, they make you sit there for a long time before letting you out to play, dont they. after 445hrs duel i could nealy be combat ready myself,although some would have been acting in comand i spose. i only have 890hrs which 835 is command (much smaller helicopters though).
robbo jock why wouldnt the appache pilot be capable, he had more hours on type than i needed to get my licence! not that getting caught in fog is type related