Originally Posted by Robert Leach
The airline sold the connection as a legal connection, so the fact that it was only 35 minutes doesn't really mean much to me.
35 minutes is a legal connection if on time. The OP had 10 minutes to connect which is not enough time. Personally, I would never book a 35 minute connection - legal or otherwise - because I know and accept that delays occur.
As for the TLV scenario...I imagine consideration was made because it was the only flight to TLV. In this case, there was another flight to TPA they could get on...albeit 7 hours later...