We make plenty of profit from Resis, just not as much as we get from delivering 75 packages to Target in one stop. The more people order to their door, the more routes we put out, the more dense the deliveries, the more money we make. There's no such thing as a center going from 30 routes to 60 routes, and losing money. It just doesn't work that way, especially with the rapid increase in 1DA/2DA deliveries.
Amazon likes to snatch away the density packages in metro areas, but Macys, Nordstrom, Target, Wal-Mart, etc, are giving us more than ever. Rural areas have always been a drag, but if we're able to put 3 routes out there instead of 2, or 6 routes instead of 4 in a smaller city, that's a good thing. Access Point makes it even better because we avoid the 2nd and 3rd trips.
The only non-profit situation for UPS would be some drivers only working 2-3 days per week, but still qualifying for Benefits, and to my knowledge that isn't happening. UPS avoided that in 2007-2012ish with a hiring freeze and keeping guys on the Layoff list, even as other guys were working 50+ per week. They could have easily let those guys work 2-3 days per week, but then they'd be on the hook for Health/Dental payments and Pension contributions.
UPS will be like Ford back when Chrysler and GM got bail-outs - they'll decline, not just to keep the stock price up, but because they don't need it. They'd have to be objectively stupid to not take 0% interest loans, but any kind of loans with preconditions, I think they say No.