Reporter claims there is no sign for taxiway east at taxiway a.

Attributes
ACN	388894
Time
Date	199712
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sfo
State Reference	CA
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	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
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 last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 1200
ASRS Report	388894
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

When taxiing away from the terminal towards runway 1R or 1L on taxiway a there are no signs for taxiway east. When given instruction for taxiway east it is difficult to follow these instructions unless you are familiar with sfo. If the airport authority/authorized at sfo could put in a taxiway east sign as you are heading towards the east on taxiway a it would make operations at sfo run smoother.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR CLAIMS THERE IS NO SIGN FOR TXWY E AT TXWY A.

Narrative: WHEN TAXIING AWAY FROM THE TERMINAL TOWARDS RWY 1R OR 1L ON TXWY A THERE ARE NO SIGNS FOR TXWY E. WHEN GIVEN INSTRUCTION FOR TXWY E IT IS DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS UNLESS YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH SFO. IF THE ARPT AUTH AT SFO COULD PUT IN A TXWY E SIGN AS YOU ARE HEADING TOWARDS THE E ON TXWY A IT WOULD MAKE OPS AT SFO RUN SMOOTHER.

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.