Stuffy,
I'm not a management lackey I'm a serving member of HM Armed Forces...how about you?
However, you have brought us back to the thread.
Frankly, if F-35 is cancelled we are up s#$t creek. There is no alternative or Plan B without spending billions on converting the carrier back to cats and traps and buying Super Hornet or Rafale. That's if we keep the Carriers at all and don't try to flog them to someone who has money and wants a big carrier.
So, lots of jobless people in the Navy and RAF, as well as BAES, and a completely toothless military.