Royal Navy carrier officers and aviation doctrine

Should Royal Navy carrier captains have gone through aviation training like US Navy officers?

The idea sounds attractive, but it does not fit the Royal Navy's institutional situation, training limits, and carrier damage-control problem.

The US Navy and Royal Navy faced different institutional problems. American naval aviation fought internal battles for standing and resources, whereas the Royal Navy spent years trying to recover aviation from the RAF and Air Ministry. That external struggle forced the service to justify how it would use aircraft and helped produce a developed doctrine supported by the Observer corps and officers who continued naval rather than flying careers. Making Admiral Henderson Third Sea Lord brought this aviation experience into the office responsible for fleet design and procurement. An American personnel solution would not necessarily solve a British problem without the same institutional context.