It's cutting to the bone that enables low cost carriers to operate within their market place, if you want the fat, then it has to be paid for.
I don't think we are talking about the fat here but about basic services and passenger rights in a civilized continent.
But the race for the cheapest option is re-defining our concept of civilization and there you are with self sponsored and underpaid eastern european cabin attendants, self employed Russians & Brasilians, pay to fly cadets and so on.
Some say the likes of FR are driving the market out of recession, me thinks they are totally changing it instead.....the cheap way.