What is this "Advanced manned rotary wing solution" they speak off?
Going back to the flight deck issue - I seem to recall that when Ark Royal first went to the Adriatic in early 1993, she carried ASW, AEW and Jungly Sea Kings as well as a reinforced SHAR squadron. That must have caused problems.
Whenever you see a picture of a US Carrier, she will have what appears to be most of her air group on deck. Do they still keep that number of aircraft on deck during operations? Is hangar space more of an issue than deck space?