Sprocket: Thanks for that info. I spoke with the LAME again yesterday and he says there is a meeting on either thursday or friday between Robinson's Oz reps (I think it's the guys from Heliflight in Sydney) and CASA and the question of the ADs may be sorted out then.
I still don't hold out much hope for my blades though as they are over 1500 hours (along with about 1/3 of the Oz fleet apparently)
I can see a big expense coming up!