A300 captain reported heavy braking needed to avoid aircraft blocking taxiway.

Attributes
ACN	1604681
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	SLC.Airport
State Reference	UT
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Embraer Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

After exiting runway 16R slc; given clearance to taxi via taxiway echo to golf to the ramp entry point/ while taxing on echo approaching golf slowing to taxi speed of 15 knots or less; noticed an [air carrier] [regional jet] holding short of hotel on echo and blocking golf. Immediately applied brakes and came to a stop on echo about 30 feet from regional jet. Night time operation and the aircraft silhouette was poorly lit and blended in with runway 16 left and taxiway. Told slc ground control you need to give us a heads-up that there was another aircraft blocking taxiway golf. ATC acknowledged and given taxi instructions to ramp without incident. Night time taxi operations. Aircraft had poor silhouette lighting from rear view. ATC ground control gave no report of said aircraft holding on taxiway route cleared. Better situational awareness from ATC and absolute vigilance from flight crew during taxi operations.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A300 Captain reported heavy braking needed to avoid aircraft blocking taxiway.

Narrative: After exiting Runway 16R SLC; given clearance to taxi via taxiway Echo to Golf to the ramp entry point/ While taxing on Echo approaching Golf slowing to taxi speed of 15 knots or less; noticed an [air carrier] [regional jet] holding short of Hotel on Echo and blocking Golf. Immediately applied brakes and came to a Stop on Echo about 30 feet from regional jet. Night time operation and the aircraft silhouette was poorly lit and blended in with Runway 16 left and taxiway. Told SLC Ground Control you need to give us a heads-up that there was another aircraft blocking taxiway Golf. ATC acknowledged and given taxi instructions to ramp without incident. Night time taxi operations. Aircraft had poor silhouette lighting from rear view. ATC Ground Control gave no report of said aircraft holding on taxiway route cleared. Better situational awareness from ATC and absolute vigilance from flight crew during taxi operations.

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.