I was astounded to read Sharkey's comments in his 27 May reply to a letter from MoD, in which he rounded on the F-35B for (among other reasons) being single-seat, saying that a 2-seat Super Hornet or Growler would be better from an EW / ISTAR / UAV control / etc point of view. I would never, ever have expected to hear such words from a Harrier pilot, even allowing for the fact that he would rather see F/A-18s on board than F-35!