You wonder why the RN thinks we can't trust the RAF, and yet here there is the sudden resurgence of the "carriers are pointless" meme.
Au contraire, it's the retired navy admirals doing the power/aircraft grab. It would seem you have the wrong end if the stick....
‘They don’t understand carrier operations at all. If you don’t embark an air wing you make them vulnerable. It’s a huge error not to deploy a carrier without an air wing.’
He added: ‘I honestly don’t think the prime minister understands that this is what people at the MoD are trying to do.He would be furious if the carrier went to sea and did not have an air wing.’