Its called being in the Money curve
This here is an extra good comment. Its explanation is simple. The thing is, any idiot can roar around the country yoiking the machine around in split arse turns and think he is looking flash. However, it is the careful and very smooth pilot who makes the money, brings the machine home without worn out bits and keep the clients happy.
Your jobs will often be to lift cargo in inaccessible terrain in usually difficult ambient conditions, otherwise they would get an aeroplane or a truck to do the same job, so you have to be as efficient as possible.
If you are going to lift the biggest loads with the minimum power in fairly quick turn arounds (that is what you have to do to beat the opposition) then you must be super smooth.
We had in our company years ago many such pilots, but one stood well above the rest. I reckon I could challenge anyone to see if he actually lifted the collective or moved the cyclic on initial lift and translate, but dammit, there he was flying away without, it seemed, any visible effort or movement or even a change in engine tone. He went on to work elsewhere and I think is now with McDermott.
All it takes is conscious thought about wind direction (to use to assist directional control) I.E. lead it along a bit with anti torque pedal, at the same time as doing that to reduce power input with the anti torque pedal apply the power just right to get an effect of flying off a slight pressure build up under the disc and timing it all to just get the beginning of translation before RRPM bleed off, assuming full power usage and don't move any of the controls any more than the fraction of movement required to get it to go.
After practice I will allow you only half an inch of MAP in the R44 to do this.
Your load only needs to lift an inch off the ground and usually cannot be dragged, learn to judge that precisely. Don't jerk it up as you will only fall down again under full load / full power limitations..
By experimentation work out out how much weight you can carry at your Airspeed for minimum power with that power at Max continuous, as long as that is at or below below max all up weight of course. That will be your load weight each time and how you calculate your contracted compliance.
First of all of course, make sure your machine is as smooth as glass in all respects as per your strobex kit, your blades proper clean and polished and nil surplus weight.
It's all good enjoyment and probably the most usual reason for helicopter operations in any developing country.
cheers tet