Folks, we will never go to "binding arbitration"... that requires the agreement of BOTH parties.
The ONLY entity that can impose a contract is Congress... and in that VERY unlikely event, it would be time for National to call for an SOS... because if they didn't, it would be the end of Alpa.
We will, in all likely hood, go to mediation... there is a HUGE difference...
Mediation is not to be feared.