Motorcoach community mourns loss of industry veterans
The motorcoach and bus community is mourning the loss of industry veterans William “Billy Ray” Rhyne Jr., Anna Rill, Richard Sullivan and Elaine M. Lamers.
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Opinion: Keep planning to succeed — with or without CERTS
Dick was in trouble.
Dropped off at the Grand Island, Nebraska, Union truck stop several days earlier, he’d been told to get some sleep, wait…
Opinion: Marketing, lobbying started during pandemic must continue for industry to survive
Stranded for days at a camp in the Adirondacks, four of us conned Paul into being our designated driver, and took a Flxible HL100 into…
Opinion: Considering a grant writer? Do your homework
My record is perfect.
For those who have followed this column, that’s hard to imagine. Years ago, a manufacturer paid me to help write customers’…
Don’t let a passing moron decide what’s safe for your motorcoach
Deadheading a Scenicruiser through Detroit on I75, I spotted a GBB (Great Big Busline) 4107 on the shoulder. Long on ego (and short on wisdom),…
Setting comeback pricing: Resist the urge to race to the bottom
My buddy and I rolled backward off the Cape Ann Diver into the water and began a race to the bottom.
The Nina T was…
The art of being wrong: Live to mess up another day
I was wrong.
Wallowing astern of a commercial fishing boat tied up in Gloucester Harbor, I yelled up to the captain that all four props…
A focus on relationships might be key to surviving crisis
“Swinging over Hell on a rotten vine” seems an accurate description of the bus industry’s current situation. The best thing to do right now might…
We’re in a Darwinian shift and it feels like an earthquake
No good deed goes unpunished.
An Allison regional representative invited me and a buddy to dinner at a rootin’ tootin’ restaurant in the basement of…
A lesson in choosing our battles
In late June of 1863 famed Confederate General J.E.B Stuart’s cavalry was foraging in the countryside when they bumped into a small unit of Delaware…