B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 210; Flight Crew Type 6000
ATC Issue All Types
General None Reported / Taken
Airport; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors; Procedure; Staffing
Upon arrival in SFO; we found one Air Traffic Controller handling all aircraft movements on the field (Ground and Tower); as stated by the Controller himself. SFO was as busy as I've ever seen it; and for one person to handle push back and taxi requests; as well as arrivals and departures on crossing runways; at night; was absolutely ridiculous. This was the biggest safety threat I've seen in a long time. Additional factors included three-hour delays that all aircraft were experiencing; operations in the middle of the night; with enormous amounts of construction occurring across the airport (and the resulting runway and taxiway closures); made this an accident waiting to happen. The Tower should have been fully staffed for an evening like this.
B737 First Officer reported there was only one Controller working all positions at night during heavy traffic at SFO.