Originally Posted by
Cuillin Hills
Ryanair use steps for the same reason - except they do it all the time, whatever the weather conditions.
Not strictly true. I flew with Ryanair to and from BCN back in 2017 and the airbridge was used for my arrival and for my departure a few days later. It took me by surprise as it was the first time I've ever seen a FR flight use an airbridge and on a FR flight I was on, but it would seem that they do use them in places and my assumption was that it wasn't possible to avoid using one at the terminal they use at BCN.