Obviously Ryanair must be doing something right as it continues to grow and expand while carriers such as Aer Lingus, Sabena and Swissair which have been propped up for far too long by taxpayer money either go out of business or are struggling to survive.
Ryanair, Easyjet etc have brought some much needed competition to the European market place and obviously the public have responded in kind.
It doesn't make me happy to see people in the airline industry loosing their jobs by the thousands, but I can't help wondering that if the necessary changes had been put in place in the past then the job cuts would have not been so severe and the airlines would have been in much better financial shape prior to Sept 11th
Those who bash Ryanair whether wrongly or rightly get use to them because they are here to stay. If BA does abandon a large number of it's European routes then it will create further opportunities for Ryanair, Easyjet etc to strengthen and grow their business.