Originally Posted by
3Cforme
You're doing something wrong in your connection construction - allowing connections too close to MCT from unreliable flights, perhaps. I don't think I've misconnected five times in the last ten years.
As a NYC based flyer, it's sort of silly to expect for a flight to be on time ever. Depending on the routing, I would be comfortable booking a legal, albeit tight, connection EWR-DTW-GRR as the risks of a misconnect are not so serious. Much better than adding hours of travel time just to be safe.
If I had a J seat EWR-DTW-NRT, my analysis would change for obvious reasons.