Peter,
I was driving home from having flown one sector this morning and was very moved by your story on Radio 5 Live. How you described the event and what happened was one of the most gripping pieces of radio I have ever heard.
I think what happened afterwards to you sums up a great deal about what aviation is like today.
Maybe the beancounters who run airlines these days realise that doing double entry book keeping will never turn up a situation where they might be lauded a hero and thus don't want someone to take the limelight away from them (However inadvertantly). Hence the constant down grading of aircrew's Ts and Cs and general status in society.
All I can say is that you did a fantastic job and i wish you and your family all the very best for the future.