As a regular flyer on Ryanair I have nothing against them (apart from the fact they are always delayed
) However I have observed all the above mentioned on this thread several times and have often wondered about the safety of some of these practices. I have noticed before it was even mentioned that Ryanair seem to do everything in a hurry, infact taxing to 05 at STN on one flight the pilot opened the throttles very slightly and just let the aircraft roll faster and faster! we must have been doing about 40kts at the end of the taxiway!! and about 50% of the time the engines are shut down before we stop at the gate. About 90% of the time the flaps and gear don't come down till late on in the approach and the aircraft does seem to approach very fast and always has to use spoilers to slow down before the flaps come out! infact once seen it deploy flaps 5 and still had to use spoilers to slow down!!
I'm not an airline pilot so I've no idea if these practices are safe or not I'm just stating the facts which I have observed first hand, like I said I'm not bashing Ryanair in any way, they always take me to where I want to go safely and that's all that matters to me.