TC,
Do explain why coming to a "Hover" at such altitude would be the exact right answer? Do you think LTE might have been an issue if that had been tried? Would the aircraft have run into a risk of Vortex Ring State if that had been tried?
I assume you worked out the Performance Data for the Flight, had balanced the Aircraft Course and Heading against the Winds Aloft for that Height and all that before making your comment....right?
Would the induced flow of air moving vertically through the Rotor System work to lessen the air flow over the Extractor Chute or would it have created a different set of problems?
Do tell us how you would have taken charge of the situation?