I disagree with that foreign comment completely. UPS and FedEx are doing a great job expanding all over the globe, and they are American companies. The reason for the NW demise has more to do with them not in good times planning for the future by bringing in more up to date airplanes. If they had some 747-400Fs or ERFs they might not have lost the DHL contract and if they did, might have been able to pickup something else. They just kept taking in big profits, then oil shot up again, and suddenly the old beautiful -200Fs were very costly in fuel compared to another company who could bid a -400F instead