IMHO, the most useless piece of kit I have ever seen and a danger to ground and maintenance personnel as well.
I don't get pissed off that often but that statement does. Equipment that hits the water and tells the whole world that you have ditched and where you have done it without any input from the pilot must be manna from heaven.
The Adelt has been a compulsory fit in the North sea for twenty years and I cannot remember an inadvertant discharge.
Useless pilots and useless ground and maintenance personnel if they can't cope with it.