maxalt,
I admire your powers of observation. Could not have put it better myself.
Copenhagen,
If you are able to post official documents that prove 'the breaks that the Ryan's have been given' it'd be appreciated.
The fact exists that last year, minus six months, RyanAir made a profit of 40 million pounds, which equated to exactly the 'no charge' break they had been afforded by Aer Rianta, no wonder they made a profit.(At the expense of Aer Rianta, is there any wonder they are pissed)
In my little company it even makes sense, if I don't get charged for it but charge the public anyway, we'll make money.
Your call and good luck too them for as long as they get away with it. Be prepared to die though.
Personally I believe in resurrecting complete Government control! At least then the people operating your aircraft would be competent. They then would have been trained to a standard accepted by the aviation community.