Pretty much a normal in all respects for operators in and around the Alps. The previous poster is right, when you have big time constraints and you have to do the same thing in cargo ops, maybe 150+ times a day, you don't waste unnecessary time pissing about! As for the disc over the pax...you place the aircraft as close to the ground crew/ski guide as possible. Especially in deep snow and high altitude - even in a B3 - power is safety and there ain't much of that at the top end of 10000ft.