Air carrier medium large transport flight crew reports identifier for taxiway missing at phl.

Attributes
ACN	165233
Time
Date	199012
Day	Tue
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phl
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 10000
ASRS Report	165233
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

Romeo taxiway has no signs indicating 'right.' the boxes are there, but there are no 'right' letters. Both boxes are missing 'right's' for romeo (east and west on romeo). I had to ask ground where I was. Ground support poor at phl. Taxiway hold short paint is old and not visible, etc. Poor ground support for pilots can lead to accidents. Callback conversation with airport operations rep revealed the following: the reporter is in error. This person states that the letter 'right' is on the box in certain directions, but the opp side of the box is blank. Still sounds like a problem to me.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG FLT CREW REPORTS IDENTIFIER FOR TXWY MISSING AT PHL.

Narrative: ROMEO TXWY HAS NO SIGNS INDICATING 'R.' THE BOXES ARE THERE, BUT THERE ARE NO 'R' LETTERS. BOTH BOXES ARE MISSING 'R'S' FOR ROMEO (E AND W ON ROMEO). I HAD TO ASK GND WHERE I WAS. GND SUPPORT POOR AT PHL. TXWY HOLD SHORT PAINT IS OLD AND NOT VISIBLE, ETC. POOR GND SUPPORT FOR PLTS CAN LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH ARPT OPS REP REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: THE RPTR IS IN ERROR. THIS PERSON STATES THAT THE LETTER 'R' IS ON THE BOX IN CERTAIN DIRECTIONS, BUT THE OPP SIDE OF THE BOX IS BLANK. STILL SOUNDS LIKE A PROB TO ME.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.