Leeds
'it all comes down to consumer choice.However the reason the locos are attractive is because people arent willing to spend an extra 30 quid to travel on a 'legacy' carrier on a short hop to paris where the ownly benefit or luxury is a bit of extra leg room!on short hops its irrelevant,granted long haul it may be needed!'
As you say it all comes down to passenger choice, however the legacy carrier (or traditional / non LoCo) does tend to offer a bit more for £30 than the extra legroom. Alternative flights, maybe with other carriers, even overnight accommodation when it all goes Pete Tong at their end.
I see it a bit like insurance, you can pay the extra £30 and hope you don't need to call on the back-up it affords you, or you can not pay it, fly LoCo and if it all goes wrong.........