Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 220; Flight Crew Type 220
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness; Human-Machine Interface
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Ground Incursion Taxiway
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Procedure; Human Factors; Equipment / Tooling; Aircraft
After clearing RWY 28 on landing rollout; we were cleared via standard taxi route (STR) GREEN 7 to hold short of RWY 27L for further clearance. I was unable to correctly retrieve the STR on my iPad navigation chart to verify the clearance the First Officer (F/O) copied. I continued the taxi per the F/O's instruction and ultimately made a left turn onto Taxiway R to hold short of RWY 27L at Taxiway R3. The STR actually required a right turn onto Taxiway R to hold short of RWY 27L at taxiway R7. The ATL Controller advised us that it would be OK to continue to R3 and hold short of RWY 27L. The real problem was that I was unable to get my iPad navigation page to leave the airport diagram (10-9) to view the Standard Taxi Route to verify the routing the First Officer provided me.I need to anticipate the STR we are most likely to receive; and view it prior to landing. Additionally; gaining more familiarity with the iPad Navigation Program and enhanced ability to rapidly change pages more easily would have helped in this situation.
I pulled it up on the EFB and we turned left onto SC. I expanded the verbiage so I could find the Tower Frequency for 27L. In doing so the left hand column was not visible. We were monitoring the correct frequency; however; I read the instructions for the top block which was actually for the GREEN 3. We became aware of my mistake when Tower asked us where we were going. I shrank the EFB display back to where I could read the route designations and directions and realized my mistake.
After landing on Runway 28 at ATL a B737NG was cleared to taxi via STR (Standard Taxi Route) Green Seven. Utilizing an expanded view on the iPad EFB to better read it; the First Officer directed the Captain to taxi instead via Green Three as the identifying script for each STR was no longer displayed. The Captain advised it was too difficult for him to access given his limited exposure to the medium and was; thus; relying on the First Officer's directions.