Running away when there's the first hint of things not going their own way merely serves to disguise the fact they simply cannot compete when they don't get things on their own terms.
They're quick to jump on the likes of BA and BMI and their 'expensive' fares, but it's becoming increasingly obvious that the Ryanair model just haven't moved with the times and cannot compete when an unplanned external factor gets in their way. In this case, something as simple as a routine operating cost that they obviously can't accommodate in their dying model.
This is all other airlines everywhere 1 - Ryanair Nil.
Interesting times.