Flying is tedious. Getting crammed into a metal tube and being propelled across the skies at 800kph until you get to your destination is a task we have to endure in order to get to where we want. Terrorists, red tape, anti-immigration laws, regulatory requirements, and even ecomentalists have all conspired to bring us to where we are today. The 1950s was apparently "the golden age of motoring," where every trip was a joy. Now sitting in our cars in heavy traffic while we wait to get to wherever we are going is called commuting and is something we don't like, but have to endure in order to get where we are going.
The "full service" airlines prospered during the "golden age of aviation," but now that the market has matured, low cost airlines have come of age, and people wistfully reminsce about the golden age, the same way that the drivers of the 1960s fondly reminisced about the golden age of motoring. In summary therefore, and this is merely my opinion, the low cost airlines have changed the whole market, and we are currently close enough to "the golden age of aviation" that some people who experienced it fondly remember it, whereas the vast majority of the flying population today have lower expectations, which are adequately met by Ryanair. Flying is a means to an end, and as such is something that must be endured. Like standing on the subway, or sitting in traffic on the M25. The likes of Ryanair are the future, whether certain people writing in small scandinavian "newspapers" like it or not.