snafu,
I concede to your greater knowledge, BUT, from what I quote below, he appears to be a bit of a part timer, and does the post still exist?
""We previously thought very much in terms of naval aviation," says Rear Adm Adrian Johns, dual-hatted as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff and Rear Admiral Fleet Air Arm. "This was an activity predominantly undertaken by people in a dark blue naval uniform, using aircraft with 'Royal Navy' stencilled on their side.
"Maritime aviation is a wider joint warfighting concept. It is aviation from the sea delivered by all three services, and recognises the carrier as a joint defence asset, not just a naval one."
Do you REALLY need a part time Rear Admiral to run your tiny Merlin squadrons and one Lynx squadron?
Fair play to you though, I asked and you replied.......................