With no explanation, label text_A→text_B with either "DON'T KNOW", "NO" or "YES".
text_A: Then-HKAOA president Captain Nigel Demery took the view that "the firing was pure intimidation, a union-bust straight up, designed to be random enough to put the fear in all pilots that they might be next, no reason given". The dismissals were challenged in a number of legal proceedings, and all were reinstated. Had they not been, the airline was prepared to offer the 49 pilots it terminated in 2001 the chance to reapply for pilot positions with its cargo division, guaranteeing such applicants first interviews, subject to passing psychometric testing.
text_B: If the lawyers representing the pilots offered their work on some kind of contingency basis, would the pilots owe them money?
YES.