Bus company Larcher in Markt Schwaben, Bavaria, is experiencing a shortage of drivers. The company has been forced to introduce a replacement timetable on some lines.
Bavaria is at the bottom of the country in terms of pay for commercial bus drivers, says the company's co-managing director Thomas Harant. Harant hopes that the problem will finally set a few levers in motion: for more flexibility in the recognition of foreign driving licenses, in the visa issue, in wage levels. He calls this bureaucratic adjustment screws: Politics is also in demand.. There are cuts in the bus network in the Erding district. The reason for this is the acute shortage of work and skilled workers in thebus industry. The replacement timetables have proven to be an effective means of emergency, says Larcher. But there is trouble if the passenger is waiting at the stop for a bus that doesn't come.. School transport at the Forstern primary school, for example, now costs 480 euros per day instead of the previous 220.