It's a bit pointless using Southwest Airlines as a comparison. They are in a completly different market and one where different strategies have been adopted.
Charging economy passengers for a checked in bag on short-haul flights doesn't now make KLM an LCC. Package holiday and charter flights like Thomson charge for bags and they are not accussed of turning into LCCs. Even Jet2 considers itself as a "cost concious lesiure airline" although in fairness is still generally seen as an LCC.
There is more than just checked-in bag costs to and LCC. They have a basic service, charge extras for any possible extra service they can think of, eg. priority boarding, reserved seating or SMS text confirmation and have cost saving/profit making initiatives like smaller hold baggage allowances and have quick turnaround times to maximise aircraft flying time etc etc etc...
With KLM, customers can still expect to get the service and flying experince they expect from an national flag carrier. They will have a comfortable flight, civilised boarding system and more importantly, still offer different classes and will always maintain a hub with worldwide connections in Amsterdam, unlike the vast majority of LCC's who operate with the point-to-point model.
KLM is still a world apart from a European LCC and KLM, Air France, BA etc. are never going to become quite like Ryanair and EasyJet.
And by the way, no, I don't work for Ryanair.
Last edited by FRatSTN; 14th Feb 2013 at 15:38.