Gonzo
It's a crappy early morning. T4 is chokka. It's dark. You've been airborne for fourteen hours. You come off the runway to hear "Follow the greens". Tell me you'd rather have us reel off a load of taxiways.
We do it everywhere else! What's the problem anyway, "turn left onto S and hold short of link 43, stand occupied" gives plenty of time to get out the taxi chart!
I take your point about the lighting panel positions being either manned always or never, I was just thinking outside the box as to whether they are actually needed at all. There is not much "nice to have" any more anywhere, only the basics usually.
BTW, how did the party go last night (to celebrate the tower moving from southside). Will look forward to seeing it in it's new position later this morning .....