Taxi Guidance is a nice feature. There have been some pretty bad taxi incidents lately, including the 747 ramp rampage at Chicago. Planes wandering onto runways inadvertently, planes are trying to takeoff on closed runways, lost pilots are fumbling around airports, etc. This needed addressing with technological advancements such as the one described. Looks like ground RADAR just can’t cut it when the chips are down.
It’s one thing to be a daily regular at airports like ORD and another to fly in and out of these places only several time a year. On the face of it this technology might have been welcome on my flight decks.
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During one trip to San Diego International, I failed to cross the runway hold line after landing, and held up a departure. I just didn’t realize what was happening because the old radio knobs needed attention, and I stopped prematurely. The tower came back with ‘guidance’ after that incident, and it would’ve helped if some gizmo told me I was not past the line.