Narrative:

Our aircraft landed and taxied clear of runway 27 and received a taxi clearance to gate. We proceeded south on taxiway north to approximately abeam gate, at which time ground told us to give way to 2 opposite direction saabs going in to gate. We complied by slowing our taxi and once clear, we resumed our normal taxi, south on taxiway north. Abeam gate xy, I saw a ground vehicle in the southwest corner of txwys M and M5 and at about the same time heard him request permission to go out on runway 36L after FOD. At almost the same time a DC9 cleared runway 36L at taxiway M5 and requested taxi clearance to taxiway B29, which he received promptly from ground control. (The ground controller then began conversing with the ground vehicle about his intentions.) the DC9 never slowed down after turning off runway 36L and receiving his taxi clearance. He came right across taxiway M and was apparently going to cross taxiway north as well. It was at this point that I began to slow because it looked like he was going to pull out across taxiway north directly in front of us. At the last second he slowed down to stop and we continued in to the gate without further incident. Shortly after the passenger deplaned, the DC9 captain appeared at our aircraft and tried to engage me in a shouting match (he was fully into 'road rage' at this point). I declined and told him to exit our aircraft. I believe this whole situation was caused by the ground controller's distraction involving the ground vehicle and the DC9 captain's failure to look both ways in a timely fashion before crossing a major (busy) taxiway.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TXWY DISPUTE TURNS TO CONFRONTATION BTWN SF340 AND DC9 FLCS AT MEM ARPT.

Narrative: OUR ACFT LANDED AND TAXIED CLR OF RWY 27 AND RECEIVED A TAXI CLRNC TO GATE. WE PROCEEDED S ON TXWY N TO APPROX ABEAM GATE, AT WHICH TIME GND TOLD US TO GIVE WAY TO 2 OPPOSITE DIRECTION SAABS GOING IN TO GATE. WE COMPLIED BY SLOWING OUR TAXI AND ONCE CLR, WE RESUMED OUR NORMAL TAXI, S ON TXWY N. ABEAM GATE XY, I SAW A GND VEHICLE IN THE SW CORNER OF TXWYS M AND M5 AND AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME HEARD HIM REQUEST PERMISSION TO GO OUT ON RWY 36L AFTER FOD. AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME A DC9 CLRED RWY 36L AT TXWY M5 AND REQUESTED TAXI CLRNC TO TXWY B29, WHICH HE RECEIVED PROMPTLY FROM GND CTL. (THE GND CTLR THEN BEGAN CONVERSING WITH THE GND VEHICLE ABOUT HIS INTENTIONS.) THE DC9 NEVER SLOWED DOWN AFTER TURNING OFF RWY 36L AND RECEIVING HIS TAXI CLRNC. HE CAME RIGHT ACROSS TXWY M AND WAS APPARENTLY GOING TO CROSS TXWY N AS WELL. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT I BEGAN TO SLOW BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO PULL OUT ACROSS TXWY N DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF US. AT THE LAST SECOND HE SLOWED DOWN TO STOP AND WE CONTINUED IN TO THE GATE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. SHORTLY AFTER THE PAX DEPLANED, THE DC9 CAPT APPEARED AT OUR ACFT AND TRIED TO ENGAGE ME IN A SHOUTING MATCH (HE WAS FULLY INTO 'ROAD RAGE' AT THIS POINT). I DECLINED AND TOLD HIM TO EXIT OUR ACFT. I BELIEVE THIS WHOLE SIT WAS CAUSED BY THE GND CTLR'S DISTR INVOLVING THE GND VEHICLE AND THE DC9 CAPT'S FAILURE TO LOOK BOTH WAYS IN A TIMELY FASHION BEFORE XING A MAJOR (BUSY) TXWY.

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.