Flight instructor landing rhv voiced concern regarding ATC issued instructions during a critical pha...

Narrative:

I was with a student landing on 31L. We were cleared to land. This was my students second hour. I was landing the [tail dragger] plane from the back seat. After landing I was rolling out; the tower issued a hold short of 31R while I was rolling out. I was slowing the plane down and keeping it straight on the runway. I responded and the tower did not listen to the response and asked again. I was busy keeping the plane straight on the runway and asked the tower to stand by. Once it was safe I responded to the hold short request and held short. Once on ground; the controller said they wanted a response right away no matter what; that a response is more important than the safety of the flight. I am not sure how to handle this and it continues at this airport. It is getting unsafe to fly with students here. The instructor is busy landing the plane and keeping it safe. This is a training tower and we understand this as well. Any help would be great to resolve this. Other towers wait until the plane is off the runway to issue the hold short command. We offer rides to the controllers so they can see how it is in the plane and on landing; they will not take the ride. I also do not want to set a bad example for the students and have them damage an airplane or themselves.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight instructor landing RHV voiced concern regarding ATC issued instructions during a critical phase of flight with ATC insisting upon a response; noting continued concerns with ATC handling at RHV.

Narrative: I was with a student landing on 31L. We were cleared to land. This was my students second hour. I was landing the [tail dragger] plane from the back seat. After landing I was rolling out; the Tower issued a hold short of 31R while I was rolling out. I was slowing the plane down and keeping it straight on the runway. I responded and the Tower did not listen to the response and asked again. I was busy keeping the plane straight on the runway and asked the Tower to stand by. Once it was safe I responded to the hold short request and held short. Once on Ground; the Controller said they wanted a response right away no matter what; that a response is more important than the safety of the flight. I am not sure how to handle this and it continues at this airport. It is getting unsafe to fly with students here. The instructor is busy landing the plane and keeping it safe. This is a training Tower and we understand this as well. Any help would be great to resolve this. Other Towers wait until the plane is off the runway to issue the hold short command. We offer rides to the controllers so they can see how it is in the plane and on landing; they will not take the ride. I also do not want to set a bad example for the students and have them damage an airplane or themselves.

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	984902
Time
Date	201112
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	RHV.Tower
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Instructor
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 85 Flight Crew Total 8500 Flight Crew Type 5000
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

Flight instructor landing rhv voiced concern regarding ATC issued instructions during a critical phase of flight with ATC insisting upon a response; noting continued concerns with ATC handling at rhv.