however, i see slow motion domino fall new plac first rigs will depart, shedding certain of the jobs with them. then over time, as we no longer have a base of u.s. operations to train people and prote up as our workforce in the supervisory positions age and retire, those positions will increasingly be filled by brazilians, by egyptians by uk nationals in the other countries that we operate in. then finally, a third step, we have to ask ourselves as will many in the industry if we no longer have u.s. operations and the bulk of our employees and field operations are conducted overseas, why do we maintain a u.s. employment basis in houston, new iberia, louisiana and new orleans. so we will in position that we will have effectively given away a hi-tech, high wage anniversary that is u.s. dominated. we can't help but contrast this with the automobile industry which is another high wage industry. and as i talk to my employees, i was asked by a guy on the ocean monarch, he said how come they get bled out and we get driven out. the industry stands ready to implement changes because we unders