Air carrier first officer reports of tower controller telling pilot to hold short of another runway ...

Narrative:

We were given the localizer to runway 11. Approach kept us high and wanted us to fly 210 KTS as long as possible then 180 KTS as long as possible. We had to configure and slow to get on the approach stabilized and descend. We were a little high initially; but were on VASI inside 500 ft. Auto brakes were low as briefed. We landed within 2;000 ft; and began deceleration when with only a couple of thousand feet remaining the tower tells us to hold short of 29. It was way too late of a call. I braked heavily and the captain jumped on the brakes as we barely got stopped in time. When we told the controller that he issued the hold short way too late; he nonchalantly said; 'well if you told me you couldn't stop I would have made company go-around. We should of have said unable; but we're quite busy bringing the aircraft to a stop and really had no time to evaluate if we could stop or even answer before the hold line was on us. Surely; the tower has a responsibility not issue a hold short at the last minute during roll out on a 6;500 ft runway. My answer to all hold shorts in the future is unable. The tower needs to use better decision making in giving those instructions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier First Officer reports of Tower Controller telling pilot to hold short of another runway while they are on landing roll. Communication is too late and pilot has to brake heavily to comply.

Narrative: We were given the LOC to Runway 11. Approach kept us high and wanted us to fly 210 KTS as long as possible then 180 KTS as long as possible. We had to configure and slow to get on the approach stabilized and descend. We were a little high initially; but were on VASI inside 500 FT. Auto brakes were low as briefed. We landed within 2;000 FT; and began deceleration when with only a couple of thousand feet remaining the Tower tells us to hold short of 29. It was way too late of a call. I braked heavily and the Captain jumped on the brakes as we barely got stopped in time. When we told the Controller that he issued the hold short way too late; he nonchalantly said; 'Well if you told me you couldn't stop I would have made company go-around. We should of have said unable; but we're quite busy bringing the aircraft to a stop and really had no time to evaluate if we could stop or even answer before the hold line was on us. Surely; the Tower has a responsibility not issue a hold short at the last minute during roll out on a 6;500 FT runway. My answer to all hold shorts in the future is unable. The Tower needs to use better decision making in giving those instructions.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1183469
Time
Date	201406
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 180 Flight Crew Total 16500 Flight Crew Type 3000
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe

Air carrier first officer reports of tower controller telling pilot to hold short of another runway while they are on landing roll. Communication is too late and pilot has to brake heavily to comply.