Taxi Workload
G'Day All.
I have a question; think of it as a poll. The scenario is you are arriving at a major international airport, that has suffered a system failure of the ground surveillance (A-SMGCS). If the weather was down, this would result in the ground controllers having to issue a lot of hold short instructions and ask for position reports to keep everyone apart. The question is, would this pose a significant increase in workload for the crews, to the point where taxiing operations become shall we say 'troublesome'? Would you have safety concerns if the controllers were operating under 'procedural' control? The given is that there would be significant flow control in place, and probably a simplified operation, e.g. runways dedicated to arrivals or departures only, as well strict restrictions on vehicle traffic.