So what did they propose as an alternative? Continue to hover whilst completing risk assessment paperwork -oops, ran out of fuel!
Of course, the pictures show the only sensible way to do it. It happened to me once in an S-76, I landed the nose (just aft of the nosewheel) on some stacked ballast bags prepared by the Engineers, disembarked the pax and ensured the aircraft was stable while Engineering freed the nose wheel.