Narrative:

After landing on runway 21L, we turned off runway and were told by tower to follow a company aircraft up the parallel taxiway to taxiway F and hold short of runway 21C. We acknowledged. Approaching runway 21C tower cleared both aircraft to cross 21C and I believe contact ground on 119.65 on the other side. I continued taxiing on taxiway F following our company aircraft. Instead of calling ground as I believe we were instructed to do, my first officer began making numerous calls to our company on radio #2 although I had not instructed him to do so. I continued listening on radio #1. I am not sure whether it was tuned to east side ground or tower. I do know that radio traffic was extremely light. I continued taxiing on F following our company aircraft as previously instructed and taxied across runway 27 and did not realize that the first officer had never contacted ground on 119.65. Just prior to crossing 27 I heard on the radio another company flight being given instructions, so I know if the tower had wanted to talk to me I would have heard them. I xed runway 27 clearing visually both ways. No traffic observed. Approaching the fire house we called west side ground. They immediately asked if we had called ground on 119.65. My first officer immediately responded, 'no!', much to my surprise. When asked why he immediately tersely replied he was busy on other radio. I then took microphone and asked for tower phone number. I believe the causes for the incident to be as follows: 1) the first officer not using a headset, using the cockpit speaker led me to be able to hear him constantly conversing on radio. Since we had been instructed to and normally would call ground as standard procedure, I assumed it had been done. Also, while listening on the #1 radio on my ear set I heard conversations with other company aircraft and thought tower was aware of frequency we were on and I had not received any instructions to hold short of runway 27, so continued following company aircraft as previously instructed, across 27. Runway 27 has been seldom used as active runway. Also, a human factors problem is involved. The first officer is a fully checked out captain on this aircraft and as a result of our merger has been displaced to first officer. He is carrying an extreme chip on his shoulder and has become the type of first officer that tries to take over cockpit from the captain and run it his way despite instructions by captain. Other capts have reported this also. He constantly tries to assume authority and make cockpit routine go his way, not as the normal established procedures are. This causes a strain on the captain to maintain a monitoring of what is going on. My inability to constantly do this and assumption from normal habit that the proper radio contacts had been made caused me to fail to realize the first officer had not called on 119.65. In other words, the first officer is trying to do the captain's job instead of doing his own properly.

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Title: CROSSED ACTIVE RWY WITHOUT CLRNC.

Narrative: AFTER LNDG ON RWY 21L, WE TURNED OFF RWY AND WERE TOLD BY TWR TO FOLLOW A COMPANY ACFT UP THE PARALLEL TXWY TO TXWY F AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 21C. WE ACKNOWLEDGED. APCHING RWY 21C TWR CLRED BOTH ACFT TO CROSS 21C AND I BELIEVE CONTACT GND ON 119.65 ON THE OTHER SIDE. I CONTINUED TAXIING ON TXWY F FOLLOWING OUR COMPANY ACFT. INSTEAD OF CALLING GND AS I BELIEVE WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO DO, MY F/O BEGAN MAKING NUMEROUS CALLS TO OUR COMPANY ON RADIO #2 ALTHOUGH I HAD NOT INSTRUCTED HIM TO DO SO. I CONTINUED LISTENING ON RADIO #1. I AM NOT SURE WHETHER IT WAS TUNED TO E SIDE GND OR TWR. I DO KNOW THAT RADIO TFC WAS EXTREMELY LIGHT. I CONTINUED TAXIING ON F FOLLOWING OUR COMPANY ACFT AS PREVIOUSLY INSTRUCTED AND TAXIED ACROSS RWY 27 AND DID NOT REALIZE THAT THE F/O HAD NEVER CONTACTED GND ON 119.65. JUST PRIOR TO XING 27 I HEARD ON THE RADIO ANOTHER COMPANY FLT BEING GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS, SO I KNOW IF THE TWR HAD WANTED TO TALK TO ME I WOULD HAVE HEARD THEM. I XED RWY 27 CLRING VISUALLY BOTH WAYS. NO TFC OBSERVED. APCHING THE FIRE HOUSE WE CALLED W SIDE GND. THEY IMMEDIATELY ASKED IF WE HAD CALLED GND ON 119.65. MY F/O IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED, 'NO!', MUCH TO MY SURPRISE. WHEN ASKED WHY HE IMMEDIATELY TERSELY REPLIED HE WAS BUSY ON OTHER RADIO. I THEN TOOK MIC AND ASKED FOR TWR PHONE NUMBER. I BELIEVE THE CAUSES FOR THE INCIDENT TO BE AS FOLLOWS: 1) THE F/O NOT USING A HEADSET, USING THE COCKPIT SPEAKER LED ME TO BE ABLE TO HEAR HIM CONSTANTLY CONVERSING ON RADIO. SINCE WE HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO AND NORMALLY WOULD CALL GND AS STANDARD PROC, I ASSUMED IT HAD BEEN DONE. ALSO, WHILE LISTENING ON THE #1 RADIO ON MY EAR SET I HEARD CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER COMPANY ACFT AND THOUGHT TWR WAS AWARE OF FREQ WE WERE ON AND I HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY INSTRUCTIONS TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 27, SO CONTINUED FOLLOWING COMPANY ACFT AS PREVIOUSLY INSTRUCTED, ACROSS 27. RWY 27 HAS BEEN SELDOM USED AS ACTIVE RWY. ALSO, A HUMAN FACTORS PROB IS INVOLVED. THE F/O IS A FULLY CHKED OUT CAPT ON THIS ACFT AND AS A RESULT OF OUR MERGER HAS BEEN DISPLACED TO F/O. HE IS CARRYING AN EXTREME CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER AND HAS BECOME THE TYPE OF F/O THAT TRIES TO TAKE OVER COCKPIT FROM THE CAPT AND RUN IT HIS WAY DESPITE INSTRUCTIONS BY CAPT. OTHER CAPTS HAVE RPTED THIS ALSO. HE CONSTANTLY TRIES TO ASSUME AUTHORITY AND MAKE COCKPIT ROUTINE GO HIS WAY, NOT AS THE NORMAL ESTABLISHED PROCS ARE. THIS CAUSES A STRAIN ON THE CAPT TO MAINTAIN A MONITORING OF WHAT IS GOING ON. MY INABILITY TO CONSTANTLY DO THIS AND ASSUMPTION FROM NORMAL HABIT THAT THE PROPER RADIO CONTACTS HAD BEEN MADE CAUSED ME TO FAIL TO REALIZE THE F/O HAD NOT CALLED ON 119.65. IN OTHER WORDS, THE F/O IS TRYING TO DO THE CAPT'S JOB INSTEAD OF DOING HIS OWN PROPERLY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.