here in america employers can not hire or fire or otherwise harass anyone because of their race, gender, sexual orientation or mental or physical disability. employers can ask that you through periodic physical/psychiatric evaluations and drug testing,and then take the recommendation of a treatment provider.

as for the german pilot at this point everything that is on the internet is speculation. they have not released whether depression was in fact the reason behind that pilot purposely crashing the plane. according to CNN news they have not determined whether the pilots health physical or mental was an issue. the speculation is all based on the fact that the records show ...in the past...ears before he became a pilot he had suicidal problems.

I prefer not to make assumptions based on speculations built on rumors and past records...for example hypothetically ...what if i had a medication reaction to a vitamin that caused me to react strangely (yes vitamins can cause a person to have psychotic reactions and it has happened to someone I know) and end up harming others. and someone speculated on my past history of having DID (which I no longer have) they can come to the wrong conclusion that maybe an alter took over and killed these people out of anger. when in fact all it would be was a medication reaction that causes me to become psychotic.

at this point all thats going on is people are speculating and spreading rumors based on this pilots past history from before he was a pilot. sure there is going to be employers that are going to read /hear about the speculating rumors and form their own opinions and say they wont have the mentally ill working for them but the bottom line is here in america they cant prevent anyone with mental disorders from working with them. they can only hire and fire based on an employees job qualifications and performance otherwise they can end up in a lot of legal problems based on ADA laws.