82% of American Flights Back in Operation : Travel: Full restoration may come today. Negotiations at United will resume next week.

American Airlines, continuing to piece together its strike-battered flight schedule, flew most of its regularly scheduled flights Wednesday.

Throughout the day, one of the busiest of the year for airlines, American was operating about 82% of its normally scheduled flights, spokesman Tim Smith said. It had hoped to restore 80% to 85% of its flights by the end of the day and return to a full schedule by today.

“We think we’ll stay well within that range,” Smith said.

At Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport, American’s biggest hub, 88% of its flights were flying by midafternoon. Its second-largest hub, Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, was operating at 78% of its usual schedule.

Meanwhile, American’s flight attendants were asked Wednesday to give peace a chance, no matter which side of the picket line they were on during their recently ended five-day strike.

The plea came in a brief letter to all American employees from the carrier’s chairman, Robert L. Crandall, and the heads of the flight attendants, transport workers and pilots unions.

” . . . We urge everyone to make an individual commitment to refrain from any acts of violence against fellow employees,” the letter says.

While flight attendants are being asked to get along, that doesn’t mean everyone is expected to kiss and make up, said Assn. of Professional Flight Attendants spokesman Randy Edwards.

“We’re calling on our members to simply maintain their professionalism,” Edwards said. “If they want to give someone they know the cold shoulder, that’s fine as long as they keep their differences away from the airplane.”

At United Airlines, pilots and machinists agreed to resume negotiations with the airline next week over a substantial employee investment in the carrier. The discussions will also include the company’s proposed sale of United’s flight kitchens.

The talks broke off two weeks ago after United rejected the union’s reported $5-billion offer and refused demands to cancel the flight kitchen sale. In protest, the machinists union instructed members to strictly abide by work rules in the hope of causing a work slowdown and flight delays for Thanksgiving travelers.

But Chicago-based United said the action has not affected operations.