With the international expansion in Asia and Europe, would it not seem logical to eliminate some domestic pilot bases and put them overseas. One in Japan would work nicely along with one in Amsterdam. Pilots would be readily available if some U.S. based pilots get sick and gives Delta more flexibility to fly to excellent U.S markets (ie. DFW which does not have much Europe or Asia) for a nice profit. And Anderson wants to capture more of the Asia flying, a pilot base would work great. It just seems a waste to base pilots here and build long trips away from home. Then we would be a global airline!