B737 flight crew reported that; while taxiing to the gate at ord; the pilot of another aircraft expr...

Attributes
ACN	1594438
Time
Date	201811
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ORD.Airport
State Reference	IL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Type 12344
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Type 4719
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Ground Conflict Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Clearance Ground Incursion Taxiway

Narrative:

After landing on 27L at ord; cleared the runway at A1 and joined bravo. The unspoken rule in ord is 'don't stop moving' unless ground tells you to. I proceeded down B expecting to be cleared to [the] gate or to the holding block if not available. Ground control was congested and I was approaching A3 with no contact yet. An airbus was holding short of B on the west side of B; slightly beyond the hold bars; as he was probably told to hold short of B with late notice.(this will happen often when an aircraft clears at A1 such as we did). Proceeding past the airbus required me to proceed very slowly to insure wingtip clearance with his nose. At this point ord ground finally made contact (with a quip about me plowing right through); asked our gate; and cleared us to [that gate]. Ground did not seem to have a problem with my actions. Right after we acknowledged instructions to the gate; an unidentified comment came across 'he nearly clipped us'. I have to assume this was [the] airbus referring to my passing. We proceeded past [the] airbus with complete caution and had no doubt we were clear of his aircraft as we passed. This event only caused me concern due to the comment by [the] airbus. I do not believe I deviated from 'normal' ord procedures and did not receive any feedback from ord ground.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 flight crew reported that; while taxiing to the gate at ORD; the pilot of another aircraft expressed concern about the perceived insufficient separation.

Narrative: After landing on 27L at ORD; cleared the runway at A1 and joined Bravo. The unspoken rule in ORD is 'don't stop moving' unless Ground tells you to. I proceeded down B expecting to be cleared to [the] gate or to the holding block if not available. Ground Control was congested and I was approaching A3 with no contact yet. An Airbus was holding short of B on the west side of B; slightly beyond the hold bars; as he was probably told to hold short of B with late notice.(This will happen often when an aircraft clears at A1 such as we did). Proceeding past the Airbus required me to proceed very slowly to insure wingtip clearance with his nose. At this point ORD ground finally made contact (with a quip about me plowing right through); asked our gate; and cleared us to [that gate]. Ground did not seem to have a problem with my actions. Right after we acknowledged instructions to the gate; an unidentified comment came across 'he nearly clipped us'. I have to assume this was [the] Airbus referring to my passing. We proceeded past [the] Airbus with complete caution and had no doubt we were clear of his aircraft as we passed. This event only caused me concern due to the comment by [the] Airbus. I do not believe I deviated from 'normal' ORD procedures and did not receive any feedback from ORD ground.

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.

B737 flight crew reported that; while taxiing to the gate at ord; the pilot of another aircraft expressed concern about the perceived insufficient separation.