I don't know about telescopic hooks, but the Bucc had a spring at the top of theirs, which, I presume, was to mitigate the initial shock of the arrest. Which, I suppose, made them "telescopish"
"Hook-skip" isn't a wholly new problem. The Gannet used to suffer from it a bit, especially in HMS Hermes which had rather more camber to the deck in the region of the wires than other carriers, so the wire touched the deck even with the bowsprings up. It wasn't a major problem - you just bolted. But it helped if you didn't pull the power back to 'ground idle' as you touched...
Does anyone know the proportion of hook-skips that can be expected with the F35? Every time, sometimes, or once in a blue moon?