Employers in Court
"I have to ask the 'pro' Ryanair lobby how it is that the company is in Court so much of the time?"
In my experience almost all employers (airline or otherwise) have potential situations that could easily end up in court but decide it is more economical in cost (cost of management time, legal fees, etc.) and risk of adverse publicity to settle the matter before it gets there. BA definitely have this mentality.
I don't know the internal policies at FR. Could it be that they have made a policy decision that they will go to court on principle? How many complainants pull out of actions because of their own costs in time and money? Think of their customer complaints procedure - don't bother phoning or trying to speak to anybody, you must put it in writing - how many customers drop complaints because of this?
Also, MO'L has been quoted many times in the past that any publicity is good publicity for Ryan Air.