Narrative:

I was pilot monitoring and have required callouts during the landing phase: 'deployed' (speedbrakes); 'extended' (thrust reversers); 'autobrakes disarmed' (autobrakes); '60 knots.' 60 knots is when the captain takes control back of the plane from the first officer; when the first officer is landing. Immediately following that; the first officer reverts from flying to talking on the radio (responding to taxi instructions). It's a fairly critical phase of flight; in fact both of us are braking at the same time in this transition; and both pilots are critically focused on stopping the airplane safely; not taxi instructions. When tower issues taxi instructions during these callouts; it is very; very distracting. I for one cannot listen very well; much less comprehend taxi instructions while I am talking (making these callouts). The instructions had to be repeated; and we went by the taxiway that the controller told us to use because; basically; we were still flying and not taxiing yet. Have tower controllers not issue taxi instructions until the airplane is adequately slowed or turning to a taxiway. Sure we can accept the instructions much easier when the captain is landing and the first officer is monitoring and talking on the radios already; but the thing is; tower does not know when this is the case and when it is not.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain commented on the critical phase of the landing rollout as not the best time to issue detailed taxi instructions.

Narrative: I was Pilot Monitoring and have required callouts during the landing phase: 'deployed' (speedbrakes); 'extended' (thrust reversers); 'autobrakes disarmed' (autobrakes); '60 knots.' 60 knots is when the Captain takes control back of the plane from the FO; when the FO is landing. Immediately following that; the FO reverts from flying to talking on the radio (responding to taxi instructions). It's a fairly critical phase of flight; in fact both of us are braking at the same time in this transition; and both Pilots are critically focused on stopping the airplane safely; not taxi instructions. When Tower issues taxi instructions during these callouts; it is very; very distracting. I for one cannot listen very well; much less comprehend taxi instructions while I am talking (making these callouts). The instructions had to be repeated; and we went by the taxiway that the Controller told us to use because; basically; we were still flying and not taxiing yet. Have Tower Controllers not issue taxi instructions until the airplane is adequately slowed or turning to a taxiway. Sure we can accept the instructions much easier when the Captain is landing and the FO is monitoring and talking on the radios already; but the thing is; Tower does not know when this is the case and when it is not.

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.