In reply to the professional pilot whose principles won't allow him to fly Ryanair, I can only say you must like trains.
£10 flights are few and far between, however must have been good advertising because you still remember them!
Are all the pilots that fly for Ryanair and maintain their excellent safety record any less professional than you? (1984 stylie?)
Ryanair/MOL are running a successful airline in today's very difficult marketplace, think of it as a glorified coach with wings and not a pared down BA/LH/UA flight and maybe it'll make sense.
However, their advertising and prices obviously appeal to enough folk that MOL isn't going to lose sleep over all the principled Ryanair bashers.