From what I have heard, both of the pilots have been released with full acquittals and all charges have been dropped. It turns out the person carrying the cocaine had no knowledge of the contents (as confirmed by Belgian police surveillance reports) and the pilot of the plane, Stephen Jackson, had flown off to refuel the plane at a different airport and was scheduled to return 45 minutes later, was not caught with anything illegal, either on his person or in the plane itself. In this instance ignorance was a great defence for the carrier. Had the person carrying the boxes known what was inside or checked to confirm the contents it would have been a totally different scenario.
The newspaper reports were almost 90% inaccurate the only thing they reported correctly was that two people were arrested and cocaine was involved.
The cocaine never made it to the plane, in fact the mule was so unaware of the contents, that he spent 30 minutes inside a shop buying chocolate, the taxi was waiting outside with the cargo in the boot. No one who knows they are in possession of 2.5 million pounds worth of cocaine would willingly leave it in the back of a taxi and go into some shops to get some duty free.
So the official line is, both people were innocent and both have been released without charge after spending 9 months in a Belgian prison.
P.s. Sorry for the thread bump but I thought I'd post as you guys seem to know at least something about Stephen Jackson and his escapades.