Autobit - unfortunately we were just getting back to that in 2010 when SDSR pulled the rug out from under JFH. Remember that the priority for JFH had been Afghanistan so Maritime ops took a back seat. That was being put right once Tornado took over at KAF (shame they were late ;-))
Joint ops between RN and RAF crews have always seemed fine at a working level, the issues come higher up the food chain.
Another fact to add to the mix is that there are a number of both aircrew and engineers from the RN, currently involved in both F-18 and F-35 who have experience of FA2 and GR7/9. All that experience adds up, especially when mixed with RAF experience of Typhoon and USAF/USN exchanges.
Sharkey has always had his opinions, maybe he should visit Eglin or Pax River to get an updated view from yhe chaps making F-35 a reality?