I appreciate the info from both sides, thank you. Its hard too imagine the thought process and mindset of the "founding fathers" in those early years, but my speculation is when the airline was in its infancy and rapidly growing they must have thought that management flying revenue flights by displacement was a good thing for the membership and didn't want integration. I think at the time they didn't really see how the company like everything else would take advantage of this through MEF and a dual seat reserve force.
I think no matter what side of the fence you sit on, we can agree that this issue needed to be fixed a long time ago and it has to be fixed moving forward! Both for the health and safety of the UPS flight operation.