A friend of mine has just been to his meeting this past week. When the Manchester "event" was discussed someone asked what the situation was with the crew. Ed answered that the situation was still under review.
I'm not sure what they might be 'reviewing' exactly, but the crew were sacked some time ago & remain so. They have both had their appeals against their dismissal heard some 3 weeks ago now.
The same 'Ed' was at the appeal meetings for both the Captain & the F/O. I don't know what was said at the meeting with the Captain, but he remains terminated. The F/O was told by Ed in his meeting that there was no new infomation in his appeal documentation & the appeal was dismissed. He remains terminated & leaves Dubai later this month.
It appears that management are being somewhat "loose" with the truth & I now know that I can't believe anything that was said by management at the commanders conference I attended, or in fact anything they have said since!
Keep discovering.