New United Airlines Policy Scraps Last-Minute Boarding for Crew Members

United Airlines now has a new policy preventing last-minute employee boarding. The change comes after fallout over a video that showed security violentlydragging a passenger who refused to give up his seatfor a crew member. “We issued an updated policy to make sure crews traveling on our aircraft are booked at least 60 minutes prior to departure,” United spokeswoman Maggie Schmerin told The Huffington Post on Sunday, noting that previously “crews could be booked up until the time of depart...