Canadian Break,
I am sorry old chap but you are stretching the bounds of credulity there. Since about 1995 the rules for bridge watchkeeping qualifications have changed and whilst some RAF FCs may well have stood a watch occaisionally as OOW 2 or 3, there is no way any of them would have met the stringent IMO rules that are applied now to take charge of a watch at sea or would be allowed to stand a watch on a 65000 ton CVF. Please!!!!
You have successfully turned what was quite an adult conversation into an inter service p**sing match again!