Related to [this question.](https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1007/will-occupants-usually-survive-a-decent-autorotation)

My instructor described an auto-rotation as:

1. Entry. Lever down, stick back, pedal in.
2. Fly normally, with a little tweaking of RRPM to keep it in the green, until about 50 feet above the ground.
3. Perform a quick stop.
4. Perform an engine failure in the hover.

I can see the logic in this but, all of the autos that I have done have been far too busy to think about it like this and all the ones I've done to the ground have been run-ons so step 4 was not an option. Without significant extra training and experience I would not even contemplate a zero-zero landing so in practice, I will probably never get to test the theory.

Is this a valid way of thinking about the manoeuvre? I'm not suggesting that anyone does anything other than what they were taught, just thinking about how these four manoeuvres roll into one.