It is very interesting that the main thrust of opinion about this is that the pilot in question should under no circumstances lose the privileges of his license.
The CAA cannot and should not take licensing action in order to punish the licence holder. (Punishment is for the court to decide.)
I suppose you should not take licensing action against a driver who drinks and drives or causes death through careless or dangerous driving. Perhaps the courts should have powers to remove the privileges of a licence granted by the CAA. They are after all privileges not rights.
What a strange attitude some pilots have toward the actions of their own kind, no matter what the misdemeanour.