Capability
WEBF,
I fully take your point about the ship needing to be kept worked up for fixed wing, and I think the problem will persist - after all, JSF will be needed for many other commitments based out of land bases for a lot of the time.
btw, the 'No career beyond Commander' was a line vigorously put to me by 3 WAFUs (one FW and two RW) during a long night in the bar not so long ago. So opinions are divided... they also felt that with the complexity of the sort of ops JSF will undertake, general list officers would not amass enough aviation experience during their infrequent tours to be cost-effective. Thoughts?