captainpaddy, the vast majority of Ryanair aircraft do not have seat pockets; hiding something in a non existent seat pocket is impossible. Again, the vast majority of aircraft do not have lifejacket stowage under the seats which precludes anything being hidden there. Security checks are carried out rigorously: Ryanair are subject to the same rules, regulations and inspections as any Irish carrier and also are subject to SAFA inspections, the same as any other carrier.
Airbus Girl, the reason so much effort has been put in to the process of education and re-affirming the need to stick to the SOPs - if the approach is not stable by 500ft - GO AROUND - is to avoid any recurrence of a rushed or unstable approach. There is absolutely no point in bolting the stable after the event; taking action to avoid the event in the first place is surely both sensible and laudable. A new 500ft call was introduced recently; PNF calls either "500ft - continue" or "500ft - go around". If the call is "go around" from either the Captain or FO as PNF a go around must be executed.
As to the problem with Jepp docs, that could simply have been the crew picking up a doc which was out of date by accident. All the plates are available in the crewroom and a further complete set of plates etc are in the ship's bag and all the other required documentation in the ship's library. NOTAMs are automatically generated when the weather for the departure, destination and alternates is printed; if a plate for an obscure alternate isn't available that too can be printed from the Jepp site at briefing, along with performance data and an airfield brief. If we need performance data at short notice Dublin Ops can provide it instantly, over the phone, using hot data on the Boeing Laptop System.