An A320 crew reported that a tower controller issued very rapid complex runway clearing and hold sho...

Narrative:

After a normal landing on runway xx and just after the 80 KT callout; I; the pilot flying am in the process of bringing the throttles out of full reverse; when the tower controller; just prior to the time that the 60 KT callout would occur starts rattling off a overly lengthy instruction to hold short of runway xy; like I'm going to take my own sweet time getting off. This is all while we are trying to slow the aircraft; locate taxiway P; which was real close to taxi high-speed south which I was initially going for. Simultaneously the first officer is trying to verify the instructions. We exit the runway and all is winding down; or so it seemed; for I then hear the sound of the engines RPM increasing. Instinctively I throttle back thinking that somehow the throttles were above idle. Only problem was; they weren't; I was in reality going into reverse. Confused; I ask the first officer 'what the #@%* is going on.' he seeing that I was task saturated with controlling the aircraft looks down and brings the throttles out of reverse after the aircraft is beginning to travel backwards. An uneventful taxi in ensued afterwards. I really believe the 60 KT call got lost in the shuffle by ATC's unnecessarily long attempt to micromanage my aircraft; without realizing the mechanics involved in properly stopping; controlling and navigating big airliners.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 crew reported that a Tower Controller issued very rapid complex runway clearing and hold short instructions after their landing. As a result the Captain became task saturated and failed to bring the aircraft out of reverse.

Narrative: After a normal landing on Runway XX and just after the 80 KT callout; I; the pilot flying am in the process of bringing the throttles out of full reverse; when the Tower Controller; just prior to the time that the 60 KT callout would occur starts rattling off a overly lengthy instruction to hold short of Runway XY; like I'm going to take my own sweet time getting off. This is all while we are trying to slow the aircraft; locate Taxiway P; which was real close to Taxi High-speed S which I was initially going for. Simultaneously the First Officer is trying to verify the instructions. We exit the runway and all is winding down; or so it seemed; for I then hear the sound of the engines RPM increasing. Instinctively I throttle back thinking that somehow the throttles were above idle. Only problem was; they weren't; I was in reality going into reverse. Confused; I ask the First Officer 'what the #@%* is going on.' He seeing that I was task saturated with controlling the aircraft looks down and brings the throttles out of reverse after the aircraft is beginning to travel backwards. An uneventful taxi in ensued afterwards. I really believe the 60 KT call got lost in the shuffle by ATC's unnecessarily long attempt to micromanage my aircraft; without realizing the mechanics involved in properly stopping; controlling and navigating big airliners.

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.

Attributes
ACN	884505
Time
Date	201004
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

An A320 crew reported that a tower controller issued very rapid complex runway clearing and hold short instructions after their landing. As a result the captain became task saturated and failed to bring the aircraft out of reverse.