Narrative:

After landing in san and turning off runway; we began a left turn off the runway at B8 toward our gates. (Other carrier) aircraft was being pushed back at nearly the same point. We stopped while the (other carrier) aircraft was being pushed; and ground told us to turn right as needed to move away from runway. I was unsure if left wingtip/scimitar would clear tail of (other carrier) aircraft and stopped. Ground controller got antsy about our tail not being clear of runway. When (other carrier) aircraft finally stopped pushing; we cautiously taxied clear. Ground controller asked us to call after we parked. Modify instructions to aircraft pushing while others are landing or; give landing aircraft runway exit instructions.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reported they were advised by Ground they had not cleared the runway when they turned off; but they could not pull any further forward because another aircraft blocked their way.

Narrative: After landing in SAN and turning off runway; we began a left turn off the runway at B8 toward our gates. (Other carrier) aircraft was being pushed back at nearly the same point. We stopped while the (other carrier) aircraft was being pushed; and Ground told us to turn right as needed to move away from runway. I was unsure if left wingtip/scimitar would clear tail of (other carrier) aircraft and stopped. Ground Controller got antsy about our tail not being clear of runway. When (other carrier) aircraft finally stopped pushing; we cautiously taxied clear. Ground Controller asked us to call after we parked. Modify instructions to aircraft pushing while others are landing or; give landing aircraft runway exit instructions.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.