like other coach operators, Faure Autocars is suffering from the health crisis

If Faure Autocars did not participate in the snail operation of independent coach operators this Wednesday in the Paris region to be more easily eligible for state aid, the Corrèze company is also impacted by the health crisis. “In terms of school transport, we resumed normal activity after the last confinement. But then there is everything that revolves around tourism and extracurricular activities. All this activity which is punctual with us and which has difficulty in starting again and which greatly impacts our activity“explains Alban Faure, the director bluntly.

Drivers are turning more and more to other sectors

Fortunately for her, the company which has just inaugurated its new depot (see photo) has strong backs. It is old and well established. There is no no risk for her to go out of business. But she still suffers, and her drivers even more. “This creates social difficulties in companies. In particular financial problems for drivers who have not driven for a year and a half. The consequence is drivers who retire, drivers who are increasingly turning to other sectors because their salaries are impacted.“.

Replacing them will not be easy

Numerous departures. Only at Faure Autocars, management estimates that there are nearly thirty drivers missing out of 150 if activity resumed as before the crisis. “If at some point there is a return to normalcy, will we be able to meet the demands of all our customers? This is the big question“wonders Alban Faure for whom these departures of sometimes very experienced drivers are just as worrying for the transmission of know-how. In his eyes, this is a central problem that we will have to try to resolve as quickly as possible when the crisis is over. past.

If we talk about volume, it’s very low

For the moment, the trend is not optimism even if the phone rings a little more in recent days. “We have reservations for the summer but if we talk about volume, it’s very low. We have had a real upturn in demand over the last few days but we have no visibility on the fact that this is being confirmed operationally. We do not know if there will be a reconfinement or the development of a new variant that could lead us to new cancellations of quotes or services.” A “inability to foresee the future“reinforced by”an apprehension that entered people’s heads“.

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