The root cause of all these problems is ugly unabated free market capitalism which allows the likes of Ryanair and Wizz to charge customers mere peanuts to fly across the European continent which they get away with due to a combination of economies of scale, smokes and mirrors. These airlines do it in the hope that the completion will crumble. That is there only motive. To watch every one else dissappear so they can monopolise the market. Such a goal is always going to be to the detriment of society in the long run but you'd be branded a communist for even suggesting it. Even the good airlines have to start cutting back on terms and conditions in order to compete. We have to ask ourselves what we really want from society. The Lowcost cancer has gotten out of control.