I regualrly fly Ryanair Stansted to Graz ( about once a month).
So far all flights have been on time or within 15 minutes of published departure/arrival time except once when ALL flights were delayed due to a problem at Stansted with fog.
Prices are very good, staff have never been rude and are helpful when asked, the pilots always got me there safely and in moderate comfort (seat spacing being tight as we all know).
But for £29 odd quid return it is GOOD VALUE Mr O'Leary is in it to run a profitable business and will charge extras where he can and make savings when he can get away with it - so what is new, that is business?
Simple answer is if you don't like Ryanair then don't use them - that is your ultimate sanction. Implying any passengers who use RyanAir are lesser mortals and O'Leary is some sort of evil egomaniac will change nothing - in the words of Voltaire "Prejudice is opinion without judgement" - there seems to be too much of the former and too little of the latter in many of the posts in this thread.
My two cents worth.