Don't think anyone was suggesting they would be. . but, I am sure there are various things now, that the "Atlantic Barons " of 30-40 years ago wouldn't have tolerated. In the same vein, things that are now the "norm" in Ryanair, would have elicited derisory/disbelieving guffaws from the masses a mere 20 years ago.
The rot, in this instance, doesn't start at the top (unlike life in general
) it starts at the bottom, & then worms its way into the more "civilised" parts of the aviation community.
It is for this that many insist (quite correctly) that this "battle" is for the Ryanair pilots to win, which will otherwise result in the rest of us (gradually) losing the "war".
If you don't see that, you really are suffering from the ostrich syndrome.
Don't believe me ? ask any pilot flying in the European arena the last 10-15 years what has happened to their T's & C's since Ryanair grew into the monster it now is.