Status This Week
Horizon posted a public contract mediation schedule during the 2026.07.11–2026.07.17 reporting window. The schedule lists anticipated NMB-mediated meetings for July 29–31, August 25–26, October 5–6, November 12–13, and December 15–17.
Process Signals
- Horizon remains appropriately grouped with the mediated CWA-AFA carriers.
- The July 14 schedule strengthens the forward-calendar signal, but it does not itself report a tentative agreement, release, cooling-off period, or ratification timetable.
- The June negotiations update remains the key substantive bargaining marker: it reported the June 23–25 mediated session, the 99+% strike-authorization signal, the committee’s decision to stop using confidential “supposals,” and the late-July session plan.
- The NMB’s 2026.07.13–2026.07.17 weekly activity report did not show a Horizon-specific reassignment, ratification, closure, or other formal NMB stage change.
CrewSignal Assessment
Horizon is a strong forward-calendar mediation file this week. For the week ending 2026.07.17, the correct framing is continued pressure and a clarified late-July-to-year-end mediation schedule, rather than a new legal stage change.