An air carrier crew reported mdw ground control commanded 'hold position' after the aircraft began i...

Attributes
ACN	954949
Time
Date	201106
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MDW.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 151 Flight Crew Type 950
Person 2
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Type 14000
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe

Narrative:

Following push from the gate; ground cleared us to taxi from the alley to the runway and hold short of yankee. I read back our clearance; to include; 'hold short of yankee.' as we taxied from the alley and turned right onto tango; ground seemed upset (as if we were not complying with instructions) and told us to hold our position. Another aircraft was taxiing on yankee (northbound; from our left to right) and was directed by ground to hold their position. There was no conflict; as we had planned to hold short of yankee as directed. Ground seemed frustrated as they gave us clearance to taxi in front of the aircraft holding on yankee short/south of tango. We (the captain and I) think ground may have meant for us to hold short of tango in the alley; but that was not the clearance they gave us; or the taxi plan we executed. With the unusual taxi instruction of; 'hold short of yankee'; we should have verified ground's intentions. Ground seemed upset by our execution of their taxi instructions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier crew reported MDW Ground Control commanded 'Hold Position' after the aircraft began its taxi following a taxi clearance from the alley to the runway.

Narrative: Following push from the Gate; Ground cleared us to taxi from the alley to the Runway and hold short of Yankee. I read back our clearance; to include; 'Hold short of Yankee.' As we taxied from the alley and turned right onto Tango; Ground seemed upset (as if we were not complying with instructions) and told us to hold our position. Another aircraft was taxiing on Yankee (northbound; from our left to right) and was directed by Ground to hold their position. There was no conflict; as we had planned to hold short of Yankee as directed. Ground seemed frustrated as they gave us clearance to taxi in front of the aircraft holding on Yankee short/south of Tango. We (the Captain and I) think Ground may have meant for us to hold short of Tango in the alley; but that was not the clearance they gave us; or the taxi plan we executed. With the unusual taxi instruction of; 'Hold short of Yankee'; we should have verified Ground's intentions. Ground seemed upset by our execution of their taxi instructions.

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.

An air carrier crew reported mdw ground control commanded 'hold position' after the aircraft began its taxi following a taxi clearance from the alley to the runway.