I guess that depends on what you want from your carrier ops experience. Personally, having the deck come alive is almost as necessary as having operating catapults and arresting gear. Being directed to the cat and working through the launch procedure is so well integrated with the deck crew that it feels very real to me. I wish that they had something similar for the LHA class launching helos and Harriers. Look at this video that @RedBravo65 linked for an example of how well this is done. Not Tomcat specific obviously, but a necessary part of the whole naval aviation experience, IMHO.
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