{"id":11294,"date":"2017-04-14T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T00:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/united-airlines-changes-its-policy-on-displacing-customers\/"},"modified":"2017-04-14T16:44:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T00:44:00","slug":"united-airlines-changes-its-policy-on-displacing-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/united-airlines-changes-its-policy-on-displacing-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"United Airlines Changes Its Policy On Displacing Customers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Two United Airlines planes taking off at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. After a man was dragged off a United flight, the company changed its policy on overbooked flights.<\/p>\n

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United Airlines crew members will no longer be able to bump a passenger who is already seated in one of the airline’s planes.<\/p>\n

The policy change was first reported by TMZ<\/a>. A spokesperson for the airline confirms that United has updated its policy “to make sure crews traveling on our aircraft are booked at least 60 minutes prior to departure. This ensures situations like Flight 3411 never happen again.”<\/p>\n

If the crew member is not booked an hour before the flight, then he or she will have to wait for the next available flight.<\/p>\n

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The policy change effectively means that if there is a need to displace a passenger from a flight, the decision is made before boarding begins.<\/p>\n

“This is one of our initial steps in a review of our policies in order to deliver the best customer experience,” said the spokesperson.<\/p>\n

TMZ quoted an internal email<\/a> that states, “No must ride crew member can displace a customer who has boarded an aircraft.”<\/p>\n