You can always rely on SASless to tell half the story, the half that suits his purposes. The 52 pilots whose employment was terminated in 1977 after settlement of the strike action in support of the lovely Peter Royston were guilty of failing to fulfill their contracts by not showing up for work. The legal action I think he is referring to was nothing to do with being sacked but rather an attempt to recover National Insurance payments which should have been paid by the company whilst those pilots were working overseas prior to working in the North Sea.
Bristow always had a more than fair attitude to employment, I can name several pilots who should have been given their marching orders but who survived to cause nausea for others for many a long day.
There are still people around who remember vividly the Strike of `77 so go carefully with the artistic licence SASless!