Medium Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Distraction; Situational Awareness; Training / Qualification; Communication Breakdown; Workload
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Landing Without Clearance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance
Human Factors
During a marginal weather ILS approach into KXXX; as Captain I was Pilot Monitoring at the time. The First Officer (FO) was flying and with very little line experience. He had only flown a handful of times in the last 4-5 months. While being vectored for the approach he became fixated on the automation and got a little behind the aircraft. Seeing this happen I became focused on his actions and lost sight of the greater picture. While I was focused on making sure the aircraft was in a proper position to land (configured and on approach) I failed to remember that Approach control had advised me to contact tower while crossing the final approach fix. I did not realize I had done this until clearing the runway and noticing that the nose landing light was still in the off position (typical cue for identifying 'cleared to land'). I then swapped frequencies and told the FO to contact tower. Tower then gave us a taxi clearance to the gate without mentioning our failure to get a landing clearance.
The Captain of a regional jet reported failing to call the control tower for a landing clearance. He cited several cockpit distractions while on final approach for not initiating a radio call to the tower prior to landing.