So I was looking at some ALB - SJD and ALB - PVR flights and connecting through ORD or CLT there's some really tight connections, IMO. 35 minutes for ORD? Are you kidding me? (especially since the regional jets likely to be used from ALB to ORD put you at the butt-end of the terminal and you end up having to change concourses as well, typically, in ORD).

Same with CLT (although ironically AA usually does a larger plane).

Is it some kind of setup for missing your connection?

Although to be fair, I'm still looking at other flights (DL/UA), but so far they seem to have better times (like 53 minutes in DTW, for example).