Crj first officer believes captain acted unprofessionally when performing passenger landing briefing...

Narrative:

I was the pilot flying and we were on downwind at 6;000 ft for runway 8L at ZZZ. We were issued an instruction to descend to 3;000 ft which I complied with. Descending through approximately 4;500 ft; the captain turned to me and asked if he had briefed the passengers on our arrival. I told him that I didn't know whether he had or not. Immediately and without notification; the captain went to PA and began briefing the passengers. As he did this; approach issued an instruction to turn left to a heading of 210 degrees which I read back and obeyed. Just as the captain came back; approach changed us to runway 8R. Honestly; the event happened due to the captain's apparent disregard for fars and company procedures and a stunning lack of professionalism. The captain in this case showed no concern for the sterile cockpit rule as we were well below 10;000 ft. Furthermore; the captain also showed a total disregard for CRM in that he left the first officer alone during the busiest phase of flight to operate the aircraft and manage the radio and ATC instructions with absolutely zero notification. As I see it; the only way an incident such as this can be avoided is by having each crew member operate with the mindset of safety and compliance with standards and rules. The captain's actions in this case showed a blatant disregard for both.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ First Officer believes Captain acted unprofessionally when performing passenger landing briefings below 10;000 FT MSL and in the initial approach phase of flight.

Narrative: I was the Pilot Flying and we were on downwind at 6;000 FT for Runway 8L at ZZZ. We were issued an instruction to descend to 3;000 FT which I complied with. Descending through approximately 4;500 FT; the Captain turned to me and asked if he had briefed the passengers on our arrival. I told him that I didn't know whether he had or not. Immediately and without notification; the Captain went to PA and began briefing the passengers. As he did this; Approach issued an instruction to turn left to a heading of 210 degrees which I read back and obeyed. Just as the Captain came back; Approach changed us to Runway 8R. Honestly; the event happened due to the Captain's apparent disregard for FARs and company procedures and a stunning lack of professionalism. The Captain in this case showed no concern for the sterile cockpit rule as we were well below 10;000 FT. Furthermore; the Captain also showed a total disregard for CRM in that he left the First Officer alone during the busiest phase of flight to operate the aircraft and manage the radio and ATC instructions with absolutely zero notification. As I see it; the only way an incident such as this can be avoided is by having each crew member operate with the mindset of safety and compliance with standards and rules. The Captain's actions in this case showed a blatant disregard for both.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Attributes
ACN	829583
Time
Date	200904
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 2000 Flight Crew Total 1000 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Crj first officer believes captain acted unprofessionally when performing passenger landing briefings below 10;000 ft MSL and in the initial approach phase of flight.