I've held off on responding to this, because I think he's a troll. I also believe that he needs to show us some credentials before he makes blanket statments about Naval Aviation, since we all have credibility that we have worked very hard to establish. Here's my answers:
Your age argument is bullshit. If younger meant better, than lower flight hours would make a better pilot (because it takes years to build flight hours). According to your logic, an 18 year old Private Pilot with 100 flight hours would make a better airline pilot than someone with more flight hours. As it stands, you need THOUSANDS of flight hours to be an airline pilot. Why? EXPERIENCE. So, reflexes don't mean shit if you've got the experience to predict what's going to happen in the future (a.k.a. be ahead of the aircraft).
Money argument is bullshit. Flight training will cost the same. Fuel and maintenance will cost the same. Yes, there's a discrepancy in how much pay a CWO gets over an O, but you're still going to be paying the comissioned officer. The CWO's were already on active duty (already getting paid), and the O's are already on active duty. You're simply re-assigning personnel to cover shortfalls. That's it.
The Navy program has NOTHING to do with the Army program. The Army does it because they have 10 billion aircraft (not really), and they fight their platforms differently. They organize their units as Platoons, Companies, Battalions, etc... We organize ours as squadrons. It's a different mindset. You don't know how the Army trains and fights, nor do you know how the Navy, USMC, Air Force, or Coast Guard trains and fights. You may know how "Magic the Gathering", "Pokemon", or perhaps "Powerpuff Girls" trains and fights - but until you've got the credentials to back up your over-arching, bullshit, ignorant statments - shut the fuck up.
What kind of credentials am I talking about? Wings. Deployments. Operational Experience. Air Medals. Combat Action Ribbons. Flight Hours. Combat Flight Hours. Landings on a Ship. Do you have any of this?!? Everyone else who's weighed in has at least one of those, some have all of them (myself included). What say ye, troll?