Also when considering the outcome of Operation Corporate, especially the air war, it should be remembered that had the RN been allowed to retain AEW capability the results would have been a lot better (for the British). The Sea King AEW was proposed to the MOD for the Invincible class in the late 70s but was vetoed by the crabs because they insisted their land based Nimrod AEW3s (remember them?) would provide all the AEW cover the RN (restricted to North Atlantic ops) could possibly require. RAF interference in the SHAR/Invincible class gestation during the 70s handicapped the RN greatly in 1982. The FAA was forced to accept Sea Harrier sqns with only five aircraft each prior to 82 (as this number was percieved as too small to be threatening to the crabs), though to their credit they had always planned to increase the size of the sqns in wartime, to between 8 and 12 aircraft each in order to maintain a round the clock CAP. Post 82 the sqns began to enlarge to 8 aircraft each, though form the mid 90s onwards they dropped back to 7 in order to make room for a crab sqn aboard ship (7 F/A2 + 7 GR7, alongside 3 SK AEW2 and 5 SK HAS 6).
But back to the point. Once you get above the level of flying officers (from any of the services, who get along fine generally and work well together), the problems begin with the Brass. The further from the 'frontline/coalface/trenches (add your own euphemism) the worse the inter service rivalry. I found Sharkey's book to be very fair and even handed in it's treatment of RAF pilots and crew, many of whom served in the same sqns as he did. His own Brass (eg ADM Woodward) came in for as much criticism as the RAF brass as I recall.