I think what concerns me more is the general shift toward shand luggage, and in fairness it is seen across all the airlines, not just RYR/EZY. The number of times you get on any flight and find someone struggling with some whopping case trying to lift it into the overhead locker alarms me a lot. I may be making this next bit up and haven’t checked the AAIB report, but from memory I think they highlighted hand luggage as a killer in the Kegworth disaster and recommended limits on this. I would hate to be under one of those heavy bags in an accident if the locker came open (which they do).

Completely agree. People already make compromises when they fly FR.. such as travelling to airports distant from the city centre in many cases, yet the model seems to work successfully so I don’t think this would be a problem commercially. In terms of safety though, the encouragement of filling the cabin with weight unrestricted hand luggage is a step backward.. As well as what is noted in accident reports, from anecdotal evidence (ie forums and chatting to people) it seems that even in routine operations the event of overhead lockers opening seems to be fairly common during heavy landings and heavy turbulence for example..