BOAC
I won't debate the fuel planning aspects with you as I don't think that is the real issue here. I believe it is, as SD said earlier, the alleged culture of bullying and aggressive behaviour towards the pilots. These allegations suggest an environment utterly removed from that found in say BA, Virgin etc.
Lastly, I don't know if anyone has mentioned the fact that Ryanair pilots cannot belong to a union. What does that tell you about how management see its flight crew? Compare that to an article in the BALPA "Log" a few years ago where they interviewed a union rep at Southwest Airlines. He described a good relationship between the pilots' union and the company.
BBK