I've said this before on a similar thread..low cost shouldn't mean bad service,obnoxious staff and offhand treatment,all of which are to be found in spades in the airlines mentioned.The only exception to the rule is Southwest,a gem of an airline,who treats its pilots and flight attendants with dignity and respect.(My jaw drops with disbelief when I read about the goings-on in Ryanair?Have their pilots been brainwashed into submission?)
The Southwest team are friendly and helpful and there's none of that "you paid 50 bucks for your ticket,what do you expect?"Well,the public DO EXPECT a modicum of courtesy and service even if the fare was cheap.Besides,to do otherwise only reflects badly on the employees.
It would be a sad day indeed when flying loses the mystique that cloud 10 referred to.
If you're going to run a cheap airline,thats fine,but make it cheerful and show some respect to the passengers and to the crews who make it work.
And hire some decent groundstaff and flight attendants that havent just left college and dont know anything about anything.