What gets up your arse about conditions? The fact that in general they are comparable to other airlines pay wise.
Are terms and conditions really comparable? The take home pay so often quoted is comparable, but that's it. And that is after adding payments for so called extras such as parking, uniform allowance etc..
The pension is awful - what, 5% on a very low basic salary. Compared to 12- 15% on much higher basic salaries in First Choice, Thomsonfly, Thomas Cook etc
Off the top of my head, this is what's included with most other airlines:
Private health care (eg BUPA)
PHI
Free uniform
Dry cleaning vouchers to clean uniform
Annual Holiday concessions (worth up to £1500, for example)
Free parking
Free medicals
If you were to put a value on all these things and add them to your salary, then I think you would be quite suprised at the true difference between Ryanair's salary and other jet operators!