She shouldn't need CVN manning levels (certainly not for the ship at any rate). However, as many more sorties (and roles we haven't done for many years) will be required, I fail to see how we will get a vastly increased number of sorties out of a CAG that will effectively be maybe 30-40% increase in manpower over the current one. When you think of the a/c servicing and arming activities involved in the likely flypro, never mind maintenance, then the number of bodies on the deck looks a bit sparse.
I know there are a lot of sortie-gen multipliers included in this design (the way the deckpark works), weapons generation, lack of steam cats and all that good stuff. However, there will be an awful lot of very tired folk out there toward the last recovery & respot, the cAG numbers quoted just seem very light compared to all other operators is all.....