When you said
Although there has been at least one inadvertant/uncommanded deployment of the floats while airbourne.
Are you implying this happened in an AW139? If so what is your evidence?
I believe that both the inadvertant float deployments occurred on the ground. They were both in the same aircraft (while at different bases). They both happened when the pilot pressed the TEST BUTTON with the FLOATS ARMED. The aircraft was one of the first delivered and is now approaching 2500hrs. It regularly flys to the rigs and since the last incident when the cause of the deployment was determined and rectified by the gingerbeers, it has never misbehaved again.
If any one knows of any other incident of an inadvertant float deployment
on an AW139 I think we should know the facts. But please don't embellish a rumour to fit your mindset.
speds