It's all gash. I've been offered a job again this year as a guide in the Alps but I won't take it for two reasons:-
A: I earn more money in my other job
B: I don't want to get sued for doing something I enjoy and hoping I've instilled that enjoyment in others.
I did casual (unpaid) guiding work in the Alps last year and that is all. No commitment and no risk. I let the client ride ahead of me at all times so I can't be responsible for leading them into trouble. Everyone I rode with enjoyed their time (and it's not me blowing my trumpet - we just had a good time!).
I'd like to think (hope) that most of the people on here are not ambulance chasers. But - their families might be. And I guess my worst fear is being stood in some Court being grilled by a tearful wife and hateful kids as to why I took Mr X down a slope he couldn't ride.
Accidents are accidents, or at least they were until the American legal system was invented.....
