Narrative:

Upon landing on runway 16R at salt lake city; we were asked to expedite off the runway at runway alpha 6. As we cleared the runway; I saw another carrier in front of us. I proceeded to taxi my aircraft behind him. We switched to ground control and the communication traffic was very busy. The ground controller was struggling with his instructions. My co-pilot and I could tell that the ground controller was a new controller. At this time I looked up and saw I had a number 2 thrust reverser light on. As I started analyzing the light; the co-pilot was looking and communicating to the ground controller. I proceeded to cycle the thrust reverser and the light went out. We were able to get the controller and he asked us to continue to taxi echo 2 and contact ramp. As we did; the ground controller came back on and informed us to contact the ground on a different frequency. We contacted the ground control on the different frequency and he identified himself as a supervisor and wanted to know why we did not stop at a hold bar back at alpha 6. We told him we were trying to get a word in to the original ground controller; but it was very busy at the time and we had been following the airbus in front of us. He informed us he had preferred us to stop at the hold bar back at alpha intersection. We replied we would next time. The ground supervisor told us to have a good day. We reviewed the instructions. By doing what he wanted us to do; in that short distance to stop when being asked to expedite from the runway would be putting our passengers faces in the seats in front of them. It would not be advisable for aircraft to be expediting and holding. Aircraft are always yielding to aircraft coming off the runway at airports in seattle and los angeles. I remember specifically in seattle a ground controller instructing me to always join the taxiway after exiting the runway. Salt lake wants aircraft coming off the runway to yield to aircraft that are on the taxiway.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-300 flight crew continues to taxi after exiting on high speed at SLC and is admonished by Ground Control for not holding until clearance is received.

Narrative: Upon landing on Runway 16R at Salt Lake City; we were asked to expedite off the runway at Runway Alpha 6. As we cleared the runway; I saw another carrier in front of us. I proceeded to taxi my aircraft behind him. We switched to Ground Control and the communication traffic was very busy. The Ground Controller was struggling with his instructions. My Co-Pilot and I could tell that the Ground Controller was a new Controller. At this time I looked up and saw I had a number 2 thrust reverser light on. As I started analyzing the light; the Co-Pilot was looking and communicating to the Ground Controller. I proceeded to cycle the thrust reverser and the light went out. We were able to get the Controller and he asked us to continue to taxi Echo 2 and contact Ramp. As we did; the Ground Controller came back on and informed us to contact the Ground on a different frequency. We contacted the Ground Control on the different frequency and he identified himself as a Supervisor and wanted to know why we did not stop at a hold bar back at Alpha 6. We told him we were trying to get a word in to the original Ground Controller; but it was very busy at the time and we had been following the Airbus in front of us. He informed us he had preferred us to stop at the hold bar back at Alpha intersection. We replied we would next time. The Ground Supervisor told us to have a good day. We reviewed the instructions. By doing what he wanted us to do; in that short distance to stop when being asked to expedite from the runway would be putting our passengers faces in the seats in front of them. It would not be advisable for aircraft to be expediting and holding. Aircraft are always yielding to aircraft coming off the runway at airports in Seattle and Los Angeles. I remember specifically in Seattle a Ground Controller instructing me to always join the taxiway after exiting the runway. Salt Lake wants aircraft coming off the runway to yield to aircraft that are on the taxiway.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.