I agree. Another example is the newly-opened Madrid-Stansted route. Now, I'd love to visit Madrid for the day (to see the latest exhibition at the Prado, for example) but, because the route is operated using Madrid-based crew and aircraft, day trips from London are less attractive than ones from Madrid. Even though the London catchment area is considerably larger in population terms than Madrid's, I assume that the cost savings in using Spanish-based crew must have outweighed this consideration when Ryanair decided on the schedules.
Or is Ryanair's scheduling less sophisticated than I imagine.....?
Would anyone "on the inside" care to comment?!