Separate naval and flying ranks could reverse an officer's place in the chain of command. An officer senior by naval rank might be junior in the flying hierarchy, losing qualifying command time and delaying promotion. Keeping one naval structure would avoid that conflict. Integrating squadron personnel with the ship's company would also make more people available for duties such as damage control. Separate organisations could otherwise require additional personnel aboard the same carrier.
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Avoiding divided ranks and divided carrier crews
Continuous naval control avoids the dual-rank system and makes flying personnel, fitters, and carrier crews part of one command and damage-control structure.