When they finally arrive will anyone in the RN remember how to operate fixed wing aircraft from a deck (in large-ish) numbers?
No skill fade between Sea Harrier and CVF/F35? No loss of expertise?
As discussed elsewhere (
not least here - yes the Sea Jet thread) it has to be an issue. In fact it may be already, now that the remaining JFH aircraft spend little time at sea. And didn't someone say the capability gap would be only six years?
Wibble!