"Back Up Departures"?
Any one using a variant of the approach/departure Point-in-space technique?
The departure profile, common in the States in the EMS market, would be to apply sufficent power increments to vertically clear any nearby obstacles.
Then with slight increases in power, and back pressure on the cyclic, work away and back from the touchdown zone, until you reach a height of 150' to 200' above the ground/deck. Upon completion of a power assurance check, gently accelerate the airframe, without losing altitude, until you reach Vy.
It offers an opportunity to execute a sinlge engine procedure back to your departure point with minium ammounts of control input, power changes, and pitch attitude changes.
Perhaps it has more relevance in the confined areas which most EMS types work within, and their lack of appropriate F/L options.
Kevin