Had the pleasure of listening to you trying to keep the plot, and I only got a short burst of it and was not aware of all your other problems! On a related note I feel that you guys are having to work a lot harder repeating basic taxi clearances since the change of GMC terminology ie. block this then block that etc...
LHR was the best place as you guys simply said 1st right next left not the longwinded ICAO format. Thus you are increasing you workload as a consequence.
The reason they can't paint "RWY AHEAD" is probably because they are trying to fill all the gaps in the taxiways that keep triggering "Events" on our safety monitoring equipment due to the high loading events whilst taxiing, otherwise known as "Potholes"!
I was very impressed with the reaction to the V S that stopped after vacating 27L the other day and how well you guys appeared to cope, is this the sort of occurence that would soon cause you an overload?
FPC
