Originally Posted by Jesse

Jughead was replying to a comment about the airport's physical characteristics itself, not the operation Delta runs there. No disrespect intended, but kind of a oranges reply to an apples statement.

When you have that busiest airport in the world it stands to reason you're going to see more passengers in and about the area. And with a greater number in your observation group you shouldn't be surprised to see more who are in the unfortunate sample that are running late.

But since you brought it up, I guess you could criticize the company for over scheduling Atlanta, however I think there are a lot of people who get paid to look at that kind of thing and my bet is that with the infrastructure currently available they're coming up with the mix they think is right. From reading your comment about passengers running to make connections it seems you're implying this is due to the scheduling of tight connection times. Now, I guess you could make the argument that some passengers are put off by the connection times they face, but my experience is that a lot of them put that on themselves. i.e. Given the chance, a passenger will more often than not choose the shorter connection time rather than choose to endure a two-hour sit. In fact, when I've tried to book a flight that has a connection through Atlanta, the options Delta provides me for the two legs do not allow for the minimum connection time I would choose if it were made available from the list of connecting flights provided, so instead I've had to book the two flights separately so I can get listed on a flight that has too short of a connection time from the one I want to take into Atlanta.

Maybe you were saying it's the total number of flights the company has going through Atlanta; that delays due to a number of reasons result in some passengers arriving late and rushing to make their connection. Either way, reducing the number of flights to provide a more relaxing experience for the customer comes with a lot of drawbacks.