The CP will take his (confidential) settlement payout and retire to the Cotswalds. The employment case will never see the light of day.
Cathay will then be able to emphasise how strict it is on safety matters, and the CP will have to bite his tongue - cos he took the money.
The F/O will be quietly reinstated.
But don't anyone tell me that there's nothing wrong with putting 20 feet between the tarmac and a full load of jet fuel (unless the gear's down, which it wasn't.)