I don’t know but maybe the doctor was prevented from notifying the employer because of german privacy laws
How did that work out?
OR maybe the employer WAS notified and negligently did not address the problem. My longtime friend, a female pilot, flew commercial jets most of her adult life. She managed and flew a plane for a pretty high profile guy. She made a pretty bad decision in her marriage and was having a hard time, she mentioned it during a flight to her co-pilot, how upset she was. Well, after twenty years, she lost her job. He reported her to the FAA, who immediately contacted her employer. She was fine, not suicidal but the co-pilot wtook advantage of a situation and got her job.