"Bill Denton" wrote in
:

While I wouldn't dispute that you are making a valid safety argument
from one perspective, I see several problems if you examine it from
other perspectives.

What you are describing is a situation analogous to driving an
automobile and stopping at every intersection, even though you have
the green light.

The analogy is more like this: all the intermediate lights are red, and
you are told to go through all of them without stopping.



A couple of problems that I see:

Following aircraft - Obviously, following aircraft should taxi in a
manner to avoid running over you, but in reality, expected behavior
also enters into that. If you were to just suddenly stop halfway down
a long taxiway you would be creating a similar hazard.

Traffic management - I would imagine that ground uses such techniques
is spacing and sequencing such that aircraft "A" can proceed, followed
by aircraft "B", with aircraft "C" crossing between aircraft "A" and
"B".


I would have no problem if ground asks me to follow another aircraft. The
problem arises when you are navigating on your own in the dark and you
come across a hold shord line that you were not expecting. Should you go
blasting through it, or should you stop and inquire?



So, it seems that this is another situation where, at first glance, an
action might appear to be increasing safety, when in fact it is
reducing safety...