B757 captain is concerned with runway crossing procedures at stl.

Attributes
ACN	596131
Time
Date	200310
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : stl.airport
State Reference	MO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
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	596131
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA Company Airport ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

I can't believe we are actually publishing that we are going to cross an active runway on a different frequency. On page X of our stl pages, under arrival notes, it states, 'expect to be switched to ground control prior to crossing runway 124/30L on taxi in.' all our training goes against this, ie, layers on protection. This is the only airport that I know that we do this and in my opinion this is unsafe.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 CAPT IS CONCERNED WITH RWY XING PROCS AT STL.

Narrative: I CAN'T BELIEVE WE ARE ACTUALLY PUBLISHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO CROSS AN ACTIVE RWY ON A DIFFERENT FREQ. ON PAGE X OF OUR STL PAGES, UNDER ARR NOTES, IT STATES, 'EXPECT TO BE SWITCHED TO GND CTL PRIOR TO XING RWY 124/30L ON TAXI IN.' ALL OUR TRAINING GOES AGAINST THIS, IE, LAYERS ON PROTECTION. THIS IS THE ONLY ARPT THAT I KNOW THAT WE DO THIS AND IN MY OPINION THIS IS UNSAFE.

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.