All that said, a serious accident taking place with a LOCO could mean that the industry could go into a new direction and take the focus off LOCO, something like Valujet in the US.
I keep hearing this yet when the legacy carriers lose Aircraft with people it doesn't mean their business is destroyed.
David Learmont stated many years ago his viewpoint on Maintenance at Ryanair, I doubt he would find Easyjet that different, yet it was BA engineers who couldn't close Engine cowling at LHR.