but in the real world you need to adapt or perish
True, the same way as it's true that one should play a fair game just like most others do.
Easy to say:
let's have this conversation again in a year and see who's left standing, shall we?
when you are not playing by the same rules others do; it would make you look better if your employees were taken care of say with a pension or some kind of medical assistance or health insurance and could be sick without going broke.
This way your above comment only makes you look very very short sighted because the world you are depicting and fighting for is very very sad...especially for the generations to come.
To what do you attribute the opportunity you've been given in flying for Ryanair?
To the fact that I am a professional and the company needs professionals...or at least some.