If your going to teach autos, then do all of it, yes PFL's are a valid & important exercise, but then get back to some familiar ground & go all the way. This power termination is a wank, it proves nothing, because you used the engine to save your arse rather than your skills applied to the aerodynamics of a helicopter in auto & you just demonstrated to a student that you cant do an EOL. If the conditions get wrong during the auto - then of course recover with power, go round & get it right. An auto is 1. the correct entry. 2. sort out where are you going & how are you going to get there. 3. adjust glide for getting there. 3. Flare. 4. initial pitch pull (if required) 5. level & 6. the cushion. After you place all the ingredients for creating a cake into a pot & prepare for baking, there ain't much point if you then don't finish & don't bake the cake to complete the job. Same with autos. The lack of schools & instructors doing EOL's is I suspect possibly a reflection of skills?? It is a requirement in the syllabus. Our students must achieve EOL's without intervention from the instructor before a license test.