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US Airways flight attendants voted Tuesday to authorize a
strike.  It's the first step that could eventually lead to them
walking off the job -- although that won't happen during the
busy thanksgiving travel weekend, and it most likely wouldn't
happen during the Christmas travel season.  The flight
attendants have been operating under the same contract they had
before US Airways merged with America West back in 2005. The
flight attendant groups still don't work together.  This vote
does not mean attendants will be hitting the picket lines any
time soon -- it just gives them the option to do so if they do
not come up with an agreement.  Flight attendants hope today's
strike vote will force the airline to negotiate with them.
"There's numerous sticking points but they all boil down to
economics, whether it's wages, benefits, different packages,"
says Deborah Volpe, President, Associat