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No. The issue is that the RAF try and do Maritime aviation part-time. You could just about get away with it with the Harrier (no non-diversion flying!) But you will not get away with it on CVF without killing at least one person.
Most people could not care less the colour of the uniform. Call it the Fleet Air Arm of the RAF if you like but....to be operationally effective and safe, you have got to do maritime MOST of the time. That is the point and it does not juat apply to the Pilots, but everyone else in the chain as well, from the Chefs, Engineers, Survival equipment, Ops to ATC staff and the chockheads.