Air carrier pilot reported experiencing a ground conflict and cited reduced level of awareness due t...

Attributes
ACN	1753022
Time
Date	202007
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Check Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 16000 Flight Crew Type 7850
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

After transfer of control between ramp and ground; we were instructed to taxi runway xxr via [X;Y;Z;] cross runway xyr and hold short of runway xxr. Aircraft Z was taxiing into the ramp at [xy] and behind him aircraft Y was taxiing on [Y]; neither we nor the aircraft Y received instructions on who would be following who; and we had a converging course on the intersection of taxiways [X] and [Y]. After the aircraft Y asked ATC if he was supposed to give way to us; the controller stated 'I didn't suppose it was going to be a factor.' both aircraft continued with our taxi without further inconvenience. The situation may have arisen because of the low level volume of operations due to the covid-19 pandemics creating overconfidence; which might be a factor reducing the level of awareness of all people involved; further increased by multitasking (eg. ATC working as both ground and tower) at otherwise very busy airports.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier pilot reported experiencing a ground conflict and cited reduced level of awareness due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Narrative: After transfer of control between Ramp and Ground; we were instructed to taxi Runway XXR via [X;Y;Z;] cross Runway XYR and hold short of Runway XXR. Aircraft Z was taxiing into the ramp at [XY] and behind him Aircraft Y was taxiing on [Y]; neither we nor the Aircraft Y received instructions on who would be following who; and we had a converging course on the intersection of taxiways [X] and [Y]. After the Aircraft Y asked ATC if he was supposed to give way to us; the Controller stated 'I didn't suppose it was going to be a factor.' Both aircraft continued with our taxi without further inconvenience. The situation may have arisen because of the low level volume of operations due to the COVID-19 pandemics creating overconfidence; which might be a factor reducing the level of awareness of all people involved; further increased by multitasking (eg. ATC working as both Ground and Tower) at otherwise very busy airports.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Air carrier pilot reported experiencing a ground conflict and cited reduced level of awareness due to the covid-19 pandemic.