Sounds like we have a larger RST contingent here than I thought! In response to the first comment about nothing to do here on the weekend, I'll give the standard RST response: "But it's a great place to raise kids...."

As to the other comments, lots of folks suggested photocopying, etc., but that apparently isn't permitted by the FAA rule. And we all agreed that the rule seems a bit like overkill, but understood that the NWA staff doesn't have a choice in whether to follow it. The bottom line thing that angered us all the most was how utterly unprepared everybody was to deal with it.

The other maddening thing was that they waited until we were all on the plane to deal with it. Our plane was sitting there at least an hour before we started boarding -- and at that point, there were several other Saabs nearby. By the time we were onboard and they started calling around, the other Saabs had departed, compounding our delay.