I have to agree with an earlier poster that in general the short haul CC do seem to be a lot friendlier than Long Haul.
I have flown several times over the last year with BA to Hong Kong and always have this overwhelming feeling on the flight to/from Heathrow/Hong Kong that the CC are doing me a great favour allowing me to fly with them.
Given that and the fact the insistance on using BA from on high has gone my next two trips are booked on EK. So I would suggest I am a fine example of people voting with their feet.