Captain's defense with ALPO at his side.
This is not much of a stretch from what I've seen in recent years. If you can somehow invoke medical, alcohol, substance abuse, gender or diversity issues in a hearing, you are almost guaranteed to keep your job. In some cases you must do mea culpas and go through rehab but it is very hard to fire a union worker covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
From some of the earlier comments, I'm not sure the captain is in ALPA, though.