That's quite a bold statement mate. My best mate is a technician with Rolls-Royce and he says Ryanair have some of the most stringent service requirements of all the airlines. Any airline flying regularly in UK airspace can't and won't get away with lax maintenance.

I fly with the budget airlines quite a lot with my work and also going to the football and I've never had a problem with any of them. I don't particularly like Ryanair's sales ethic ie, constantly trying to sell you stuff mid flight when your trying to get some rest but you get what you pay for and people tend to forget that.

Also they have one of the most modern fleets in the world.

SMG