that's something i forgot to mention; you do get a good variation of flying and the opportunity to hand fly whenever you want. some may look at circle to lands and non precision approaches as too much like hard work, but i guarantee you'll soon be bored of ils, ils, ils, ils, ils...
just look around the world at other airlines and you will find ex RYR guys there..ba,ek,vs,cx,klm,ib,etc.......
and there you go, that's what repa is finding it hard to combat. people use ryanair as a stepping stone. not that there's anything wrong with that, it may even be my plan... but those who take the attitude of 'it's not my problem, i'll be at virgin in a couple of years, why fight?' are the ones (and by far the majority as i can see) that could make the difference. can't blame them though, everyone's got their own agenda and that's fair enough.
b bear