COMMUTER ACFT ENTERS RWY WITHOUT CLRNC.

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I WAS THE FO ON THIS FLT. OUR DAY STARTED AT PROVIDENCE; RI; AS FLT DEPARTING AT A:15; AS OUR WT AND BAL RADIO CLOSEOUT WAS COMPLETED BY MYSELF WITH PROVIDENCE OPS; THE CAPT TOOK OVER THE RADIO COMS WITH PROVIDENCE OPS; AND STATED WE WOULD BE RETURNING TO PROVIDENCE LATER THAT SAME AFTERNOON; AND HE REQUESTED THAT THE AGENT COORD THE GND CREW; SO THAT OUR LATER FLT WOULD DEPART THE GATE 10 MINS EARLY. HIS REASON WAS THAT HE WANTED TO TAXI OUT EARLY; SO HE COULD CATCH A FLT HOME TO ALBANY; AFTER WE ENDED OUR DAY AT KENNEDY ARPT; WHICH HE EXPLAINED ON COMPANY FREQ TO THE AGENT. THE AGENT RESPONDED THAT OUR FLT COULD NOT TAXI OUT 10 MINS EARLY; THAT IT WAS AGAINST COMPANY POLICY; DUE TO POSSIBLE LATE PAX GATE CHKINS. THE CAPT RESPONDED BY SAYING HE WOULD TAXI OUT 5 MINS EARLY; AND WOULD RETURN TO THE GATE IN THE EVENT OF A LATE CHKIN. THE GATE AGENT INSIDE AGREED. UPON ARR AT PROVIDENCE THE SECOND TIME; ALL 3 CREW MEMBERS; INCLUDING MYSELF WENT INSIDE THE TERMINAL TO USE THE RESTROOM. THE CAPT EXPRESSED IN AN ANXIOUS VOICE TO BOTH MYSELF AND THE FLT ATTENDANT; 'LET'S GO.' NORMALLY THIS PARTICULAR CAPT IS NOT IN A HURRY; BUT HE WAS THIS DAY; AND SPOKE ALL DAY ABOUT HOW HE WOULD GET HOME; AND HOW HIS FLT TO ALBANY LOOKED FULL; AND DID NOT KNOW IF HE WAS GOING TO MAKE IT ONBOARD. AFTER ENG START; THE CHKLISTS WERE COMPLETED; AND AS A NORMAL PROC; THE FO HANDLES ALL GND COMS. WE LEFT THE GATE. I CALLED GND AND RECEIVED A TAXI CLRNC TO RWY 16. AS THE CAPT TAXIED OUT; I VERBALLY BRIEFED THE CAPT THAT I WOULD BE OFF FREQ TO ADVISE THE FLT ATTENDANT THAT WE WERE #1 FOR DEP; AND SHE SHOULD BE SEATED. THE CAPT ACKNOWLEDGED MY STATEMENT; AND I LEFT GND CTL TO HIM. AS I RETURNED TO THE FREQ; I VERBALLY STATED I WAS BACK ON FREQ; HE ACKNOWLEDGED; AND HE HAD SWITCHED TO TWR FREQ ON HIS OWN WHILE I WAS BRIEFING THE FLT ATTENDANT. WHEN I HAD RETURNED FROM BRIEFING THE CABIN; THE CAPT HAD ALREADY CROSSED THE HOLD SHORT LINE; AND WAS CALLING FOR THE BEFORE TKOF CHKLIST. I ASSUMED HE HAD RECEIVED HIS CLRNC; AND EXECUTED HIS COMMAND WITH THE APPROPRIATE CHKLIST. SEVERAL SECONDS LATER; PROVIDENCE TWR CALLED US AND TOLD US HE NEVER GAVE US A CLRNC TO TAXI ONTO THE RWY; AND THE CTLR EXPRESSED CONFUSION IN HIS VOICE; BUT THEN CLRED US FOR TKOF. AT THIS POINT; THE CAPT REPLIED THAT I WAS OFF FREQ; AND DID NOT HEAR THE COMS. THE CAPT WAS THE PF; AND AFTER LIFT-OFF WE WERE HANDED OFF TO DEP CTL. THE CAPT TOOK OVER THE RADIO AGAIN; AND REPLIED THAT HE WAS SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION; CALLED DEP AND REQUESTED A SHORTCUT TO EXPEDITE OUR FLT. OUR FLT WAS SCHEDULED INTO JFK AT XA30; HIS FLT TO ALBANY WAS SCHEDULED TO DEP JFK AT XB29; SO HE WAS OBVIOUSLY PRESSED WITH TIME; THE CAPT WAS UNUSUALLY QUIET THE ENTIRE FLT BACK TO JFK; AND NEVER DISCUSSED HIS MISTAKE. WHEN WE ARRIVED BACK AT JFK; I CALLED PROVIDENCE TWR AND SPOKE TO THE SUPVR ON DUTY; AND HE HAPPENED TO BE THE GND TWR CTLR THAT HANDLED OUR FLT. HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE CAPT NEVER CALLED THE TWR; JUST TAXIED OUT ONTO THE RWY; AND THE CTLR HAD A BRASILIA ON A 2 MI FINAL AT THE TIME; WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THE CAPT DID NOT CLR THE FINAL APCH AREA BEFORE ENTERING AN ACTIVE RWY; AND DID NOT WAIT FOR MY RESPONSE OF CLR R. I HAVE FLOWN WITH THIS CAPT FOR 4 DAYS; AND WE ALWAYS CLR L/R VERBALLY BEFORE ENTERING A CLOSED/OPEN RWY; BUT THIS DID NOT OCCUR THIS DAY; SINCE I WAS ON THE PA SYS; BUT I VISUALLY LOOKED OUTSIDE THE R SIDE; AND A CHEROKEE WAS JUST ROLLING OUT ON THE RWY AFTER LNDG. THE FOLLOWING MORNING; THE CAPT SPOKE TO ME; AND SAID HE THOUGHT THE ATC CLRED HIM ONTO THE RWY; BUT MAYBE HE DID NOT; AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAD GET-HOMEITIS; AND ADMITTED HE COULD HAVE BEEN AT ERROR. THE LESSON I LEARNED AS A FO; IS THAT IF I DON'T HEAR A CLRNC RELATING TO THE RWY; I WILL APPLY THE BRAKES MYSELF AND STOP THE ACFT; AND REQUEST THE TWR TO READ BACK THE CLRNC. THE CAPT WAS NOT USING THE CREW CONCEPT; AND DISOBEYED SOPS IN SWITCHING FREQS WHEN IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT I WAS NOT READY FOR DEP; AND NOT ON FREQ.