Well, it seems Ryanair are FAR more interested in keeping on making profits (and trashing the environment) by shipping muppets off in flying cattle trucks than they are in co-operating with security measures.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5261908.stm

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 
BBC industry correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones said Mr O'Leary was being particularly strident because the "new regulations are a threat to his business".

If Ryanair passengers travel with large pieces of luggage, which have to be checked into the hold "that's a real impediment to his business".

Mr Cellan-Jones explained: "He depends on getting away fast, no baggage in the hold and a quick turn around at the other end.

"If he is kept behind schedule his whole business starts to suffer."



What a surprise, from the airline that brought you the wheelchair surcharge. I love the idea that this is all necessary to avoid handing the terrorists a PR victory. What a revolting hypocrite. God knows I would never fly Ryanair anyway, or any other no-service airline, but this just shows what scum they really are.