canthover,
Nick is confirming what was said earlier in the thread - frankly, I am surprised the the K2 is not certificated to Category A. Once again please do not assume even a (genuine) elevated helipad procedure can be performed on a helideck - for the reasons stated earlier.
As was said previously, to operate in PC1 or PC2 in Europe the aircraft must be certificated to Category A - the K2 might meet the equivalent safety permitted under JAR-OPS 3 but that would have to be established on a point-by-point basis (and be accepted by the Authority). Nick's point about the fantastic OEI performance could have been written about the Bell 427 and hence, as said earlier, the advent of the B 429 - which will be certificated to Appendix C of FAR/JAR 27.
Jim