Ryansf, thank you!
I was wondering what ll the fuss was about and that nobody had mentioned what you did the whole way through the thread.
Generally there has been at least one CC member standing at the emergency exit rows anyway, I remember this as I usually have to ask them to move so I can sit in row 15/16.
As you mentioned, its certainly not rocket science to have a quick look at the boarding card and see if it has "priority seating" or some such along the lines of the boarding cards already saying "priority boarding".
And again has been mentioned previously, there are so many, mostly charter airlines that have been charging for exit row seats for many years.
In my opinion this is one of the most obvious, and comparitively reasonable introductions of Ryanair in a good while.
Interestingly, does anyone know current percentages of Ryanair turnover in relation to fare sales and ancillary sales? Would I be right in saying its "farely" close (sorry I couldn't resist!)