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From what I can tell Ryanair has little in common with Southwest except the airplanes.
SWA is my choice every time and it comes down to incredible staff at every level and a very good deal. No charge to change tickets, 2 bags free, super accommodating staff.
I was on a plane in Newark that went tech and we had to transfer to another plane. The agent who gave us the bad news did it so well, with such obvious concern that people starting clapping for him!!! When we transferred to the other ship they had us lined up like school kids and I did not hear one "I'm never flying this airline again" moan or anything similar.
My one experience on Ryanair was not taking a flight I booked and loosing the cash. But that was, as they say, on the tin, and my hard luck.
The biggest reason for SWA success is they found a formula and have stuck with it. Ryanair does the same, but it is not the same formula, not even close.
I can think of a lot of reasons I would skip Ryanair but safety is not one of them. Given a even choice I would skip AF over safety.