Activity at the USAirways ticket counters at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport appears normal March 22, as the airlines' flight attendants were girding for a strike as the strike deadline loomed in their three-year contract battle with the nation's sixth-largest airline, union picketers said. Three days before a mandatory 30-day cooling-off period ends early on March 25, flight attendants walking a picket line outside Charlotte-Douglas International airport, one of the airlines' major hubs, remained committed to striking random flights unless talks yield progress toward a new pact.

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