Torpy would not be doing this without Stirrup's tacit backing, thus CDS is as compromised as CAS (and it probably goes much deeper into MoD).
Without the FAA in FW aviation you can forget the carriers as there will be no generation of maritime FW air-minded officers and ratings - the RAF will not generate such people because they fundamentally do not want to go to sea.
Which other nation allows their air force to run maritime FW aviation? Even the Italians reverted when they learned the same lesson in the 90s that the RN learned in the 30s - ie the Air Force does not give a s**t about maritime FW.
Shame on Torpy, shame on the RAF - I thought they were better than this. I wonder whether the lower downs in the RAF support their Chiefs?? I wonder what good old Henry Allingham, the last surviving founder member of the RAF (but ex RNAS) thinks of this.