Originally Posted by
justpassinthru
Just call it "one person's opinion of ATL". I fly a similar amount with Delta (probably more segments since I live in a nearby small city so everything goes through ATL). I am a great one to comment on connections (and 90 minutes is ridiculous) but don't have much experience with starting or ending there for obvious reasons. BTW you can walk from terminal T to terminal F (article only references T to E) and that last section is one of the least traveled and often calmest...Only a minor one but another reason to fact check when only using a single source...
The E to F walk is pretty relaxing, all in all. Fairly inefficient and clearly designed not to be used ordinarily unless the Plane Train breaks down, but it's pleasant to do. And you get to admire the CRJ (Corn Regional Jet) hanging from the ceiling at the end of the E gates along the way...
As for the article, it's pretty conservative in its advice, but we also know where we're going and don't have mobility impairments. If you pressed me to give a number for connections that anyone from the general public could count on making with a 98% confidence interval at ATL, factoring in confusion, a bio break and possible ground delays, I'd probably toss 90 minutes at you, too. That's not how I plan my own travel, and it's not how I advise my able-bodied friends and colleagues to either - but for a generic "I'm scared of flying to ATL during the Super Bowl" article, it's probably not out to lunch.