Sez you. Other posters have made comments which do not tally with yours.

IME Ryanair never do anything outside their own T+Cs and the law. They did try it on during the volcanic ash fiasco, possibly through ignorance - they were not alone - but soon complied.

As you know from your own posts in the Hilton HHonors forum, you agree that T+Cs are very important. So long as people abide by them, there will be no problem. @:-)