Hmmm.
When we buy proven, mature kit from the States, it's usually great. But when we buy new kit, it's as prone to be gloriously f*cked up and immature as new UK or European kit is.
C-130J, Chinook 3, AH-64D etc.
Not every procurement from the US is of an F-4, a C-130K or a C-17.
Nor is this an Air Force/Navy pissing contest.
There are clearly three options.
1) Buy 60-150 JSF
2) Buy 60-150 examples of another carrier capable fighter
3) Bin the carriers and buy bigger numbers of a land-based aircraft
Options 1 and 2 have no impact on FAA job numbers.
And if the only justification for buying the F-35 is that the Navy will fly some of them, then it's not a good enough reason.