Air carrier medium large transport taxies without clearance after landing phl.

Attributes
ACN	158787
Time
Date	199010
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : phl
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 4000
ASRS Report	158787
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Just another nice day until dealing with controllers at phl international airport. Having just landed at phl on runway 27R and clearing at xray, I noticed taxiway a was bunched up with aircraft and proceeded to inner taxiway south to proceed to the gate. I taxied very slowly on south towards my gate and called (first officer did calls) ground control 6 times between his xmissions to all the other aircraft depicted. We never got a reply. There was no aircraft blocking access to my gate and I proceeded slowly hoping to get controllers attention. I made it to circle mark before ground asked us who we were. We told him. He said you need permission to taxi, and we advised him we called him six times with no reply. He appeared cordial and said we should talk to him as he has lots of traffic. We said alleyway was clear anyway. I was going to talk to tower chief but I would've ended up in an argument. Those controllers will stop a fast moving aircraft so as to pass someone else in front of them and then having 2 stopped aircraft, you can't get them back on the radio to fix their mistake.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR MLG TAXIES WITHOUT CLRNC AFTER LNDG PHL.

Narrative: JUST ANOTHER NICE DAY UNTIL DEALING WITH CTLRS AT PHL INTL ARPT. HAVING JUST LANDED AT PHL ON RWY 27R AND CLRING AT XRAY, I NOTICED TXWY A WAS BUNCHED UP WITH ACFT AND PROCEEDED TO INNER TXWY S TO PROCEED TO THE GATE. I TAXIED VERY SLOWLY ON S TOWARDS MY GATE AND CALLED (F/O DID CALLS) GND CTL 6 TIMES BTWN HIS XMISSIONS TO ALL THE OTHER ACFT DEPICTED. WE NEVER GOT A REPLY. THERE WAS NO ACFT BLOCKING ACCESS TO MY GATE AND I PROCEEDED SLOWLY HOPING TO GET CTLRS ATTN. I MADE IT TO CIRCLE MARK BEFORE GND ASKED US WHO WE WERE. WE TOLD HIM. HE SAID YOU NEED PERMISSION TO TAXI, AND WE ADVISED HIM WE CALLED HIM SIX TIMES WITH NO REPLY. HE APPEARED CORDIAL AND SAID WE SHOULD TALK TO HIM AS HE HAS LOTS OF TFC. WE SAID ALLEYWAY WAS CLR ANYWAY. I WAS GOING TO TALK TO TWR CHIEF BUT I WOULD'VE ENDED UP IN AN ARGUMENT. THOSE CTLRS WILL STOP A FAST MOVING ACFT SO AS TO PASS SOMEONE ELSE IN FRONT OF THEM AND THEN HAVING 2 STOPPED ACFT, YOU CAN'T GET THEM BACK ON THE RADIO TO FIX THEIR MISTAKE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.