Originally Posted by HaveTacitBlue
That's exactly what my CFI was biting back in the right seat. I haven't reached the point where I think I know enough to "talk back" to ATC.
I think it kinda started when DAB APR told me to expect 9R at MLB, so when I checked on with the MLB TWR guy and he said 9L, I questioned whether he meant 9R. I didn't care one way or another, but I had been told to expect 9R, so just assumed the TWR guy misspoke. It was a long way to be taxiing, burning up fuel and Hobbs!
MLB tower does kind of have people around there trained to think they have to ask for the whole runway.
Don't get me wrong though, if someone is behind you it is the curtious thing to get off the runway when able because that is what everyone else is expecting. It would be an @$$holeish thing to intentionally occupy the runway for much longer than needed causing someone behind you to go around. This doesnt mean you have to make a short field landing, slam it on, and nail the brakes so hard you flat spot your tires to make that turn off at 400' down the runway because someone behind you or in the tower failed to plan propperly.