Royal Navy Pilots Forced To Learn French -- The Telegraph
Royal Navy fighter pilots are being forced to learn French in order to operate on board France’s flagship aircraft carrier.
The Naval aviators are training with the French, whose jets they may have to use while they await the arrival of the new Joint Strike Fighters, which are unlikely to be delivered before 2020.
The first five of 30 Royal Navy pilots have begun French language training at the defence college in Paris before they join the carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, where they will fly Rafale jets.
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My Comment: 16 weeks is not long enough to learn french. I live in Quebec Canada, and it took me a few years before I could function 'properly' in the language.
But the part of this story that caught my attention was the last paragraph ....
.... One benefit for the Royal Navy personnel however will be the quality of cuisine offered on board the Charles de Gaulle, which is said to be of a much higher standard than that available on board British ships.
French cuisine (and I am sure that it is at least 4 star) .... hmmmmm ..... lucky bastards.
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