I'd love to know why revealing the airline would jeopardise your friend's recall! As you haven't told us his name, and we may assume that he's not the only recallee of that airline, we surely couldn't identify him. And why should the information that an airline is recalling be in any way sensitive?
I'm quite happy to 'announce' that Virgin has been steadily recalling laid-off pilots for the last two months. The line has moved below about 40 who had been made, or expected to be made, unemployed, and they are now looking forward to a renewed future with the airline. Hopefully many more will be recalled, although there's a long way to go before the entire 160-odd lost pilots are regained (and the 90 or so FEs who never will be....).
Things are improving, but it's a slow and incremental process.