Unless the Company loses this arbitration big I'd say yes. Dragging out the contract negotiations as long as possible through mediation and arbitration is a standard AS procedure. BTDT.

The only exception was in the years that they convinced the MEC leadership to give them a concessionary contract. The "If you don't give us what we need we'll grow Jet America and shrink Alaska" year, for example. Of course that was all before Membership Ratification as well.

I think the demographic of AS pilots (+VX pilots) has changed enough that things may finally get better with regard to contract negotiations. Of course, you have to educate the Anglers that things have changed so that may be your next challenge.