FK10 crew was slow in establishing communication with bos ground control.

Attributes
ACN	460690
Time
Date	200001
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bos.airport
State Reference	MA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	460690
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Taxi clearance after landing bos. After landing on runway 4R, cleared on taxiway Y high speed intercepting runway 33R. Told by tower to taxi behind the air carrier aircraft on taxiway north and contact ground control. As we were crossing runway 33L I realized that the first officer had not switched to ground control. Runway 33L did not appear to be in use but that portion of our taxi was without ATC control. When we did switch to ground control we were cleared via txwys K and C to ramp with no further comment from ground control.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FK10 CREW WAS SLOW IN ESTABLISHING COM WITH BOS GND CTL.

Narrative: TAXI CLRNC AFTER LNDG BOS. AFTER LNDG ON RWY 4R, CLRED ON TXWY Y HIGH SPD INTERCEPTING RWY 33R. TOLD BY TWR TO TAXI BEHIND THE ACR ACFT ON TXWY N AND CONTACT GND CTL. AS WE WERE XING RWY 33L I REALIZED THAT THE FO HAD NOT SWITCHED TO GND CTL. RWY 33L DID NOT APPEAR TO BE IN USE BUT THAT PORTION OF OUR TAXI WAS WITHOUT ATC CTL. WHEN WE DID SWITCH TO GND CTL WE WERE CLRED VIA TXWYS K AND C TO RAMP WITH NO FURTHER COMMENT FROM GND CTL.

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