Metro Magazine, December 2020
TOP MOTORCOACH OFFICIALS TALK STATE OF THE INDUSTRY The ABAs Peter Pantuso and UMAs Larry Killingsworth discuss the state of motorcoach operations today the fight for emergency funding and what the future may hold in a post pandemic world By Alex Roman Executive Editor The motorcoach industry has been fighting for Congress to provide emergency funding to help them survive this difficult time METRO MAGAZINE COM FACT BOOK 2021 6 With COVID 19 effectively shutting down motorcoach operations for the last nine months the industry has been fighting for Congress to provide emergency funding to help them survive this difficult time At the head of the fight has been the American Bus Association ABA and the United Motorcoach Association UMA who have not only continued to advocate and educate their members but have also banded together to provide a unified voice for the entire industry METRO spoke to the ABAs President CEO Peter Pantuso and the UMAs President CEO Larry Killingsworth about the state of the industry the fight for emergency funding and what the future may hold for the industry post pandemic LARRY KILLINGSWORTH President CEO United Motorcoach Association UMA Can you talk a little bit about the mentality of your members right now and where the industry is as a whole Yes first let me discuss a little about what happened in March when the pandemic first began Initially we felt we had to prepare to help our members as well as the industry through what we thought would last maybe eight to 12 weeks yet here we are eight months later When the pandemic began we recognized that we needed to do many things chief among them was to open the lines of communication because everything was moving so quickly At that time we decided to do a daily NewsFlash and a weekly Town Hall thinking this would be an interim thing yet again here we are still doing both of those SPECIAL REPORT MOTORCOACH DC Trails
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