In part I agree, Guy. However, no British Fleet Carrier suffered a catastrophic penetration like the Franklin did during the war. The worst was Illustrious in what, 1941 in the Mediterranean? There, bombs from Stukas penetrated what was found to be faulty Czech made armour plates on the flight deck. No other Fleet Carrier was made with those plates. The Fleet Carriers in the Pacific suffered several hits from Kamikazes and survived.
HMS Formidable (R67) 26 March 1945
HMS Indefatigable 1 April 1945
HMS Indomitable 4 May 1945
HMS Formidable (R67) 4 May 1945
HMS Victorious (R38) 4 May 1945
HMS Victorious (R38) 9 May 1945
In all cases, they remained operational. Compare that to the US carriers which suffered one or two hits and had to retire, generally.
There were reasons why the US Navy opted for wooden decks. They believed it was easier to produce a carrier quickly with such decks. It was up to the carrier's CAP to protect it from attacking aircraft. In the case of Franklin it was circumstance that exposed it to the attack from the Japanese aircraft. It was circumstance that her radar wasn't working, that left her open to the attack with a great deal of her gun crews absent, below getting food/sleep.
I wonder what the resulting change to ship routine was after the Franklin attack?