This is going to be one big victory for the pilot concerned
This will not be a big victory for the pilot. Taking a company to court is a long and painful process with managment defaming you to the press and lying on the witness stand. It will put huge strain on his family and if its an Irish court you might get two years salary at the end of it. I think he should have gotten an immediate injunction preventing the company from firing him. I assume Balpa are helping the individual, it will be a judge of their commitment.
I wish him the best of luck.