Air carrier flight crew reported unsafe ATC taxi instructions used exclusively on bos ground control...

Attributes
ACN	1605294
Time
Date	201812
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	BOS.Airport
State Reference	MA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 88 Flight Crew Total 12208 Flight Crew Type 115
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 216 Flight Crew Total 4510 Flight Crew Type 1793
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

The unusual communication procedures used exclusively at bos is a disaster waiting to happen. Whether clearing the runway after landing; or taxiing to any runway requiring crossing other runway(s); you typically get a tower frequency change between active runways; 128.8. Most common clearance is to 'monitor tower 128.8' any misunderstood clearance combined with switching to the wrong frequency leaves airplanes taxiing between or across active runways possibly not talking to anybody. Runway incursions and dangerous traffic conflicts are a highly likely outcomebv; especially if visibilities are not perfect. There is a reason that other airports do not use a similar procedure!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier flight crew reported unsafe ATC taxi instructions used exclusively on BOS ground control.

Narrative: The unusual communication procedures used exclusively at BOS is a disaster waiting to happen. Whether clearing the runway after landing; or taxiing to any runway requiring crossing other runway(s); you typically get a tower frequency change between active runways; 128.8. Most common clearance is to 'Monitor tower 128.8' ANY misunderstood clearance combined with switching to the wrong frequency leaves airplanes taxiing between or across active runways possibly not talking to anybody. Runway incursions and dangerous traffic conflicts are a highly likely outcomeBV; especially if visibilities are not perfect. There is a reason that other airports do not use a similar procedure!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.