Plane Mad, I am starting to think perhaps you are one of the America West heroes that stayed behind...
When you are NOT as professional as you should be, yeah, you would have time to dash into the terminal, line up, grab an overpriced meal, sit and eat, and ask why everyone else is taking so long...after you've done a 2 minute non-inspectory walk around, do the FMS on the fly, and so on...
The standards at America West have been discussed before here and elsewhere - look it up!