MD80 first officer experienced taxi confusion after landing due to distracting calls from a cabin at...

Attributes
ACN	406210
Time
Date	199806
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : orl
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 7010 flight time type : 60
ASRS Report	406210
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Flight attendant called cockpit as flight was clearing after landing, we ignored. She called again within 10 seconds of the first call as I was switching to ground control. Captain cleared runway 36R onto taxiway B and stopped the aircraft. Captain answered the flight attendant's call and inquired if there was an emergency. She said 'no are we going to eat?' during the confusion, I tried to call ground control on listed ground frequency of 121.8 3 times with no response. Switched back to tower to see if ground frequency was different. Was told 'no 121.8 is correct,' switched back to and called 'ground, aircraft #1 with you on taxiway B.' ground inquired if we were 'aircraft #1' and I answered 'affirmative.' captain had taxied on taxiway B enough to clear the runway exit (J). The ground controller issued clearance to gate. There were no aircraft on taxiway B in close proximity to our position.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD80 FO EXPERIENCED TAXI CONFUSION AFTER LNDG DUE TO DISTRACTING CALLS FROM A CABIN ATTENDANT.

Narrative: FLT ATTENDANT CALLED COCKPIT AS FLT WAS CLRING AFTER LNDG, WE IGNORED. SHE CALLED AGAIN WITHIN 10 SECONDS OF THE FIRST CALL AS I WAS SWITCHING TO GND CTL. CAPT CLRED RWY 36R ONTO TXWY B AND STOPPED THE ACFT. CAPT ANSWERED THE FLT ATTENDANT'S CALL AND INQUIRED IF THERE WAS AN EMER. SHE SAID 'NO ARE WE GOING TO EAT?' DURING THE CONFUSION, I TRIED TO CALL GND CTL ON LISTED GND FREQ OF 121.8 3 TIMES WITH NO RESPONSE. SWITCHED BACK TO TWR TO SEE IF GND FREQ WAS DIFFERENT. WAS TOLD 'NO 121.8 IS CORRECT,' SWITCHED BACK TO AND CALLED 'GND, ACFT #1 WITH YOU ON TXWY B.' GND INQUIRED IF WE WERE 'ACFT #1' AND I ANSWERED 'AFFIRMATIVE.' CAPT HAD TAXIED ON TXWY B ENOUGH TO CLR THE RWY EXIT (J). THE GND CTLR ISSUED CLRNC TO GATE. THERE WERE NO ACFT ON TXWY B IN CLOSE PROX TO OUR POS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.

MD80 first officer experienced taxi confusion after landing due to distracting calls from a cabin attendant.