B737-800
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Confusion
Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Environment - Non Weather Related; Airport
Landed 28R. Looking for exit from runway approximately 80 kts and slowing; trying to anticipate proper taxiway. I was surprised to see an aircraft sitting on highspeed taxiway Tango. Although it was a clear night; the backside of airplanes get lost in all the lights. The aircraft was waiting for a gate! This is an unsafe policy and should be reviewed. I exited at D without issue.
B737-800 Captain reported difficulty seeing an aircraft on a taxiway in SFO because its position lights were lost in the background airport lights.