Perhaps all those Super Puma pilots that jumped down Helimutt's throat should get out more!
Would you have scoffed and scorned him if he'd asked "is the float deployment button anywhere near the AVAD inhibit?" ? In the BHL S-76s (A+ models, anyway) the float deployment button is on the cyclic in exactly the same place as the 332 AVAD inhibit which, in-turn, is the same location as the Bell 412 AP decouple.
So, a simple "no, the buttons are on separate controls" response (like HC's) might have been more professional and courteous.