Originally Posted by
Asturias56
On the other hand I was once with a group of a dozen flying Miami- Houston change planes Austin. Due to weather we were so delayed that we had a 10 minute connection. American arranged that our plane arrived at the next gate to the onward flight - the Captain explained the situation before landing and asked everyone else to remain seated while the Dozen charged off ... we made it and, amazingly, so did all our checked luggage.
I think the days of running across the tarmac from one plane to another are now over. I did that at LIS with three bags weighing in total 90 kg (I was a lot younger and fitter then) in 35 C heat, the baggage handlers had me point out the bags to be unloaded and then I ran with them. I was purple in the face as the baggage door closed and the engines spooled up, the cabin crew looked very concerned they might have a medical case on their hands. So was I.