Narrative:

This was day four of a four-day trip with four legs and seven hours and 25 minutes scheduled block time; today was the captain's last day prior to retirement. We landed eleven minutes early; were told to exit at a taxiway; monitor tower and hold short of the inboard runway. We taxied up behind two other aircraft and waited to be cleared to cross. With traffic not yet in position; but cleared to line up and wait; both aircraft ahead of us; plus another at another taxiway were cleared to cross; we were not. A number of departures followed and at our scheduled arrival time we were still not acknowledged; but another commuter aircraft was cleared at the other taxiway. On intercom; the captain and I were discussing the delay and how frustrating the wait was getting. I then reminded tower that we were holding short; shortly after; I heard the captain state something to the effect of 'I'm going to end up retiring here on this taxiway waiting to cross.' something about the transmission sounded like his comment may have gone outside the aircraft. I looked over at him as his hand came off the yoke. We were then cleared to cross and contact ground; who gave us instructions to contact ramp. When we made contact with ramp; they passed a phone number and said to call ATC. After we parked; I gave the number to the captain; who called and had a brief discussion with (I assume) the tower supervisor. I was not privy to the words on the other end of the phone; but the captain listened to what was being said; then said 'I don't care; it's my last day and I'm retiring.' then he hung up and spoke no more about it.do not get mad at ATC; and by all means do not transmit displeasure at an imperfect situation over any frequency. We do not know what's going on in the tower. Second; expectation bias; the captain wanted a drama-free trip home today. Unfortunately; it appears he intentionally or inadvertently was the source of some. Where my own interaction is concerned; it is possible I misheard what our instructions were (whether we were told to monitor or contact after exiting the runway). The frequency was quite busy; but I could have reminded tower earlier that we were holding short. My recollection of our directions; though; is that we were told to monitor the frequency. The primary concern here in my mind is that the captain seemed to be thinking of setting the parking brake for the last time and the delay frustrated him. Other than personal self-discipline; I know no other cure to prevent this.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier First Officer reported that the Captain; who was on his final flight before retirement; expressed impatience with a delay in crossing the inboard runway after landing and how frustrating the wait was getting. The First Officer then reminded the tower that they were holding short and then heard the Captain state over the radio 'I'm going to end up retiring here on this taxiway waiting to cross.'

Narrative: This was day four of a four-day trip with four legs and seven hours and 25 minutes scheduled block time; today was the Captain's last day prior to retirement. We landed eleven minutes early; were told to exit at a taxiway; monitor tower and hold short of the inboard runway. We taxied up behind two other aircraft and waited to be cleared to cross. With traffic not yet in position; but cleared to line up and wait; both aircraft ahead of us; plus another at another taxiway were cleared to cross; we were not. A number of departures followed and at our scheduled arrival time we were still not acknowledged; but another commuter aircraft was cleared at the other taxiway. On intercom; the Captain and I were discussing the delay and how frustrating the wait was getting. I then reminded Tower that we were holding short; shortly after; I heard the Captain state something to the effect of 'I'm going to end up retiring here on this taxiway waiting to cross.' Something about the transmission sounded like his comment may have gone outside the aircraft. I looked over at him as his hand came off the yoke. We were then cleared to cross and contact Ground; who gave us instructions to contact Ramp. When we made contact with Ramp; they passed a phone number and said to call ATC. After we parked; I gave the number to the Captain; who called and had a brief discussion with (I assume) the Tower Supervisor. I was not privy to the words on the other end of the phone; but the Captain listened to what was being said; then said 'I don't care; it's my last day and I'm retiring.' Then he hung up and spoke no more about it.Do not get mad at ATC; and by all means do not transmit displeasure at an imperfect situation over any frequency. We do not know what's going on in the Tower. Second; expectation bias; the Captain wanted a drama-free trip home today. Unfortunately; it appears he intentionally or inadvertently was the source of some. Where my own interaction is concerned; it is possible I misheard what our instructions were (whether we were told to monitor or contact after exiting the runway). The frequency was quite busy; but I could have reminded Tower earlier that we were holding short. My recollection of our directions; though; is that we were told to monitor the frequency. The primary concern here in my mind is that the Captain seemed to be thinking of setting the parking brake for the last time and the delay frustrated him. Other than personal self-discipline; I know no other cure to prevent this.

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.