I haven’t, but I have heard from other people who were, who say that people who have dedicated their careers to a particular specialist branch cannot bring themselves to admit that it has been rendered redundant or obsolete like horse mounted cavalry. Many of the high ranking navy brass in World War II who had grown up in the era when dreadnoughts ruled the waves became myopic and it coloured their judgment about how effective they were in the modern age compared to the aircraft carriers in their day.
So would we as a nation today, right now, be better off with no carriers in our fleet? Answer Yes or No.