Unbuilt carrier designs that might rival Béarn's problems

Were any unbuilt aircraft-carrier designs potentially worse than the French carrier Béarn?

Aquila, Graf Zeppelin and the related Soviet design are the leading nominations. Joffre is less certain and could have improved on Béarn or repeated serious problems.

Aquila, Graf Zeppelin and a related Soviet design are nominated as carriers that could have turned out worse than Béarn. Joffre receives a less certain assessment and could have been better or worse. The concern is that French carrier design still retained undesirable interwar habits. A joke about leaving older designers at lunch expresses that criticism and contrasts it with admiration for other French warship designers.