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merely to take our time in the US CV deployment rota is to completely misunderstand the political and influence impact that might bring.
I suggest that actually being able to shoulder some of the load on a regular basis may be more useful and deliver more daily effect, as opposed to running a standard training cycle out of Lossie, once current Herrick ops have finished.
To suggest that would lead to it being taken as a "savings measure" emphasises that light blue don't "get it".
As for operating with one deck, we've done it before from 72-78 and the MN have done it from 2000 onwards. What is being suggested are ways to reduce the Carqual load for the CAG, such that the single operational ship spends more time available for deployment / ops.