Engines et al.
When the thoughts around an angled deck on the QECs to enable recovery with arrestor gear versus a 'through deck' design, was there the option to run a bastardised variant with an angled deck for SSL recovery and a through deck launch with a ski jump?
This would seem to offer the best of both worlds; however I am not blind to the fact that there would have been some other loss of capacity - even if this was a reduction of on-deck standing for the cabs.
I recall watching one of the ACA videos last year (?) showing some of the simulator work used to define the usable deck space.
No agenda - just thinking.