<<We are encouraged more and more the brief taxi routes, / vacating points etc., and it is not in our "training" to just accept a change on the rollout. Yes - some can and will try to cope, but I have seen more than one inappropriate screeching turn to comply, and often if ATC start issuing instructions on the rollout I tell my colleague to disregard them until there is a suitable space in our SOPs actions / callouts.>>
You didn't used to fly VC10s by any chance Nigel?
Things happen fast at a busy airfield and the fact that you "briefed" on something an hour ago means zilch to ATC..... Someone on short final and an airfield vehicle calls on another frequency that they've seen debris on the runway... so the Tower instruct a G/A. It's no good getting an engine full of crap and saying you briefed for this, that or the other over Northern Africa. If that's really what happens nowadays I'm glad I'm out of it.