Hi! My first post. I've been reading here for a long time and this topic got me to finally register.

I have an upcoming flight from MSY>ATL>CTL. When I bought the ticket there was a 45 minute layover in ATL (this short layover flight had the best landing time to meet my sister from her incoming flight). I just got an email from the airline changing my flight times so that now I only have a 30 minute layover in that huge ATL airport in which I have to jump on a tram to change to another terminal.

Plotting this out in my head, I would only have a backpack under the seat (no other carry-on). As I land I'd slip the backpack out and when the seatbelt sign goes off, I'd unbuckle and quickly walk to the front of the airplane to get off as soon as possible. I would try to stand in such a way that anyone who would want to stand up could do so.

I know I am gaining maybe 4? minutes by doing that, but after reading this thread, I discover that this is very obnoxious and rude.

IS IT very rude? Wouldn't people understand that others have very short connections to catch? Should I not worry about it?