Thanks for the info!
Nav, I'm sure I'll be corrected, but what the hell. Basically the captain that was sacked refused to ride in the jumpseat on the first positioning sector, of his 5? operating sector day. He was rightly (I feel) saving his alertness for the rest of his long day. He also happened to be the Ryanair union rep, so it was quite convenient that he was put in that position and later (not much) sacked.
The female FO's case I'm even less familiar, but I believe she accused a captain of sexual harassment, and lost. Is it true her dad was Ryanair's chief pilot?
Best of luck to the captain on the 6th then.