A British ski instructor has reportedly been dragged off the slopes at the French ski resort of Megeve as part of a crackdown on 'unlicenced' teachers.
Alex Casey, 40, from Folkstone says he has been banned from instructing as he does not hold new qualifications being demanded by French authorities.
Some of Mr Casey's British clients held a noisy demonstration outside the police station after he was arrested on Tuesday.
He says his detention is the latest attempt to reduce the number of British instructors working in French resorts.
Simon Butler: 'It's a total protectionst system' They were being unfairly victimised and wrongly accused of taking jobs from French instructors, he said.
"If I worked for a French ski school my qualifications would be fine and I'd be able to work without any restrictions," he said.
"But because I work for a British tour operator where we teach our own guests, they deem our qualifications to be illegal."
Simon Butler, who runs a ski school in the resort and employs Mr Casey, said the official French ski school, the Ecole Du Ski Francais (ESF) was trying to drive him off the slopes.
"They're trying to stop anyone other than their own instructors from being able to work and they're changing the rules to suit themselves. It's a total protectionist system," he said.
"On Tuesday they were checking that people on the mountain were qualified. But because we don't have French ski instructors our qualifications are not legal.
"Alex was arrested on the mountain by four gendarmes accompanied by French government officials before being held in a police cell for 24 hours.
"But we're a tour operator; our clients all come from the UK. They wouldn't come here if we weren't here so it's ridiculous to suggest we're taking work from French instructors."
Mr Butler claims he brings over one million euros to the local economy In 2012 Mr Butler was arrested and taken to court for allegedly using unqualified instructors. But he says he won the case as the judge saw no difference between the ESF training system and his.
Now Mr Butler says the French authorities have told him he is not allowed to use any trainee instructors, although he insists all his team are fully qualified.
"I've got to win this case or pack up," he said. I've been here 30 years and my kids go to school here.
"Our clients use local restaurants and we purchase 2,000 ski passes every year. Our clients bring over a million euros of business to the town.
"Yet as I'm talking to you now we have five gendarmes out on the mountain looking for our instructors. It's nonsense".
Mr Butler is to appeal against the latest arrest at a court hearing on May 30.
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