Originally Posted by drewguy

There's not really much they can do. We had a late arriving VCE-ZRH flight, though with about 1 hour to departure (still needed immigration, etc.) We made it, one bag did not.

Bottom line is a tight connection in ZRH is less worrisome than most places (MUC is another one), including IAD int'l arrival. But there is a higher risk that a missed connection means an extra day in Zurich. Which one might say is a positive . . .