Gentlemen,
Would you please kindly note I have not mentioned owt about post war, pre war, what we can afford, or what we cannot afford...
my question was..
If we are going to ask the end user for their expert opinion regarding suitability of which aircraft may, or may not be better suited to the carrier role, should we be looking toward UK pilots that have expertise in both STOVL operations from carriers plus conventional catapult and arrester wire launches and recovery.
I'm sure I have read somewhere that we do have Fleet Air Arm pilots qualified in both types and should these be the folks we should be listening to PURELY from the operational aspect of this decision.