Exactly. Flew with BA recently - massive fuel surcharge over which I had no choice. Ryanair, I can choose if I want/need to pay for various services, or not. Other than family/carer groups who HAVE to sit together (and even then, I question why more than one adult needs to look after one or two of their own children on a short flight), why this sudden obsession with getting on the plane first? Everyone is guaranteed a seat, most FR flights are on average 1-2hrs, so shouldn't matter if you are separated from companions for a while and disembarkation of most pax is normally all over within 10 mins of doors open anyway. People are paying £8 for privilege of being out of airport about 5 mins ahead of the rest of us who have no luggage but don't bother with priority boarding normally. And they run away from the plane as though there is a rocket behind them.... Nobody is THAT short of time.