Pontificating
Jeez VC, you must have led an incredibly boring life. Only one things defines us as pilots, our safety record, and nobody's perfect.
This was definitely not a sacking offence, no-one died, all airframes still intact not even an ASR filed, it didn't come near the safety aspect of our job. As mentioned previously FOPS(mis)managers in this company have endangered lives and have not been fired or even punished. This firing was purely out of spite. Their precious advertising was going to be tainted.
Lighten up a bit, instead of studying Latin.. next time have B*** job in cockpit on a turn-around.... but don't get caught!