I think the stupidity of doing a flat fast approach (cos there ain't enough power to do a stable decelerative sight picture approach) beggars belief.
JAR-OPS requires the helicopter to be operated at an AEO HOGE mass to prevent this kind of "Cowboy" flying having to be done.
SAS - Do U/S regulations demand a similar thrust margin for Offshore exposed approaches??
Not saying that in this case thats what the crew did, there may be a good reason they have ended in a drop-short. Just a general comment.
DB