Thanks for that !
As to the 'bridge watchkeeping ticket' - I presume that's what the very junior poor sod on the Glasgow had when it was T-boned by a tanker & carried into harbour on it's bulbous bow ?!
The navy never seem to learn - if we get 2 large carriers,
A; one will be in dock
B; they treat people so badly - it needs more than I-pods- they can't crew them ( where have I heard that before, press gangs ?! )
C; They don't even as far as I know make out if they're going for the F-35B ( to me an obvious choice, but some Phantom huggers seem to think they're getting the Nimitz ) or what.
There seems a very poor chance of having a pool of Navy fast jet pilots,
as the last lot saw their aircraft & station binned...