BPLT
but I wonder if USN/USMC aircrew do OOW on US aircraft carriers? I'm pretty sure they don't - once you get above a certain ship size (crew size) it is neither necessary nor desirable, just inefficient
It might surprise you to know that by Federal statute the CO of a USN CVN has to be a naval aviator. It would seem that our cousins know a thing or two about safe operation of aircraft at sea and what it takes to sustain that capability, they've only been doing it continually for nearly 80 years. Also, from my (limited time) onboard Dwight D Eisenhower I noticed several of the aviators standing watch on the bridge.
Of course we could just follow the dictat of the (unwilling, unqualified, uninterested) Few!
Nick