Originally Posted by
tennessetom
All I know is I take tight connections thru clt all the time and I have never missed a connection. Maybe it is just luck but with tight connections I normally end up with two close gates. Now Atl kills me everytime,
I'd call it luck. Some of AA's published MCTs for CLT border on physical impossibility, IMO. For example, I believe the mainline->regional domestic MCT is 0:35. Assuming an exactly on-time flight arrival and door closure 15 mins prior, that could give someone 20 minutes to deplane (potentially from the last row of a full plane) and then get from B15 all the way to E42 (granted an extreme example, but definitely a possibility). I'd be challenged doing that, even knowing my way around CLT.
-FlyerBeek