The point is ...
Ryanair is staffed by a mix of motivated professionals who do not care who they work for, and the people who want to be motivated professionals.
Given an open market everyone would be happy : the zero houred f/o's who to fly a shiny jet, the experienced ones who want a command, the captains who want to work for a decent employer, the traveling public just have to make their risk assessment and REAL cost analysis as to who they choose to fly with.
The problem is that given the Boeing based / airframe value increasing model, wannabees flying a shiny jet with low hours and willing to pay for it model, and the : here is your consumer based lets fly to a cheap airport and buy a bargain property model.. look at the collapsing property markets in the UK and Ireland .. look at the collapsing property prices in France and Spain in those " off the beaten track destinations".. that is what Ryanair sold people .. a dream .. and it is turning into reality whether O'Leary tells you that is the case or not
There are of course more permutations as to what has been sold to various people under various guises, the long and short of the matter is that the model is coming apart at the seams.
I travel very regularly, pay the tickets, and the FR boast is bullsh@t .... and I want service and a decently qualified crew to fly with.
There are many others are now spreading the word.. if FR are really cheaper book ... otherwise don't !
A simple comparison on most routes that people fly with wife kids and normal baggage shows that the traveling public has been sold a "partial truth" and if people have invested in either career or property terms they are about to come unstuck .. after all ... who made the promises ? ..
It's not going to be nice watching Ryanair unravel, but in the long term, it will be for the best.
The only sad thing is that like Bush and Blair, we don't get to see MOL in the dock.