Are there scales at the gate as that is the first point where online check in passengers meet anyone from Ryanair if they don't have hold baggage?
About a month ago I flew KTW-BHX with Ryanair. They had a set of electronic scales at the boarding gate and were weighing every piece of handluggage before allowing people to board. A further team of groundstaff were on hand collecting payment from disgruntled looking pax (not sure if they were paying an excess baggage fee or being forced to check overweight bags into the hold).
I'm a law student and had an extremely thick and heavy textbook in my posession. Fortunatly I noticed what was going on and managed to stuff the book down my trousers, hide the bulge with a coat tied around my waist and sneak onto the flight unaffected!
