Training carrier crews for wartime fleet expansion

How could navies find enough experienced specialists when wartime carrier numbers expanded so quickly?

They redistributed scarce experienced personnel to train new crews, while painful operational experience produced carrier-specific practices such as prompt counter-flooding.

Expanding from a handful of carriers to a large wartime fleet required far more than producing hulls. Navies also needed chief petty officers and other specialists who understood shipboard mechanical and electrical systems as well as carrier operations. The Royal Navy moved experienced personnel among Courageous, Glorious, Ark Royal, and later ships to train the next generation of carrier crews. Carrier damage control demanded different instincts because the large upperworks made these ships especially sensitive to list. Counterflooding improved as officers gained carrier-specific experience instead of carrying battleship or cruiser assumptions into a top-heavy carrier.