I'm sure some of you would be content that flying reverted to be a luxury that only the rich could afford. This is 2013, not 1953. The lack of consideration being made on this thread about the customer is appalling.
I think in fact you'll find that most people on here were actually against this takeover bid and against the resulting high prices that Ryanair would have offered had it a monopoly on 80% of the traffic out of Ireland.
Very few on here wanted the high prices associated with this bid going through.
Also, there is indeed a market for high service carriers and the resulting higher fees. It's certainly not as big as that for low cost, but it's there all right, and clearly Aer Lingus is making it work.