Narrative:

First officer landed aircraft on runway 23. I then took control of the aircraft and cleared the runway at taxiway B. As were clearing; clt tower advised us to expedite as they were clearing aircraft from the other side of the runway to cross behind us. I complied by completing the 90 degree turn and taxiing forward on taxiway B. Our assigned gate was straight ahead. We were running a few minutes late so this taxi route would get us to the gate quickly. After the tower gave us their instructions; the first officer switched radio frequency to ramp control as we were expeditiously nearing the ramp due to the short distance from the runway. Making another 90 degree turn onto taxiway M was not in my thought process as this would have slowed our taxi speed and would have been going away from our assigned gate. At no time was there any conflict with other taxiing aircraft and our expeditious taxi allowed aircraft to taxi across runway 23 before the next arrival. The tower controller should clear us to go to ramp frequency when clearing runway 23 at taxiway B as its location is quite close to the ramp. Furthermore; the turn to either taxiway B or M should be left to the discretion of the captain. If that is not acceptable; then local rules should provide for taxi up B as SOP. Or next time; I can just stop after clearing the runway until everything is sorted out.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After an air carrier crew landed on CLT Runway 23; they exited at Taxiway B then went directly to Ramp Control on B without talking to Ground Control who became upset enough that the Chief Pilot counseled the pilots for not receiving ATC's taxi directions.

Narrative: First Officer landed aircraft on Runway 23. I then took control of the aircraft and cleared the runway at Taxiway B. As were clearing; CLT Tower advised us to EXPEDITE as they were clearing aircraft from the other side of the runway to cross behind us. I complied by completing the 90 degree turn and taxiing forward on Taxiway B. Our assigned gate was straight ahead. We were running a few minutes late so this taxi route would get us to the gate quickly. After the Tower gave us their instructions; the First Officer switched radio frequency to Ramp Control as we were expeditiously nearing the ramp due to the short distance from the runway. Making another 90 degree turn onto Taxiway M was not in my thought process as this would have slowed our taxi speed and would have been going away from our assigned gate. At no time was there any conflict with other taxiing aircraft and our expeditious taxi allowed aircraft to taxi across Runway 23 before the next arrival. The Tower Controller should clear us to go to ramp frequency when clearing Runway 23 at Taxiway B as its location is quite close to the ramp. Furthermore; the turn to either Taxiway B or M should be left to the discretion of the Captain. If that is not acceptable; then local rules should provide for taxi up B as SOP. Or next time; I can just stop after clearing the runway until everything is sorted out.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.