Whatever it says about aerodynamics, it wouldn't seem to say much good about the deck crew discipline; unless the pilot had been 'seeing' my wife, in which case I might happily give him a cheerful thumbs up to launch with wings folded !
I read a story about F-8's, where the experienced pilot hosting a meeting of pilots said " everyone who's had to bang out of one, stay standing, the rest sit down "; then " eyeryone one who's done it twice " - he got to 3 times and still a fair few standing.