As I understand it he will get no legal assistance from BALPA if they believe he is guilty. He will just get advice on sorting himself out and geting a new job etc.
Typical wolfish tabloids again though. Had that been a doctor, whilst not sympathising with him, I'm sure that some papers would have suggested that long hours, little family time, awful state of the health service (his business), stress at work etc. could have contributed to his illness.
This fella sounds like he had a lot on his plate.
Wouldn't it be funny if the longest thread on PPRUNE was a thread about the BALPA forum being down?!