But it's the "scrum" at check-in, not to mention the way the low-cost passengers are herded like cattle at the gate and the mad rush for the "best" seats, that discourages many people from flying with the likes of Ryanair. Why should flying be such an ordeal?
There's also the (remote) possibility that if I were to forget or lose my boarding pass then I would be charged £100 for a new one, and that if a Ryanair flight were cancelled I would be left to fend for myself hundreds of miles from home.
I would honestly rather pay £150 to fly with a legacy airline than fly for free on Ryanair - and I frequently do.