UNAUTH LNDG - THE CAPT WAS SO ENGROSSED INSTRUCTING THE FO THAT HE FORGOT TO CONTACT TWR FOR LNDG CLRNC.

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ON A PREVIOUS TRIP TOGETHER; THE FO CONFESSED SOME WEAKNESS IN FLYING SKILLS AND ASKED FOR HELP. I WAS BUSY HELPING THE FO SET UP THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 26L WHEN APCH CTLR HANDED US OFF TO PHX TWR ON BASE. FO WAS LETTING SPD DECAY AND NOT CTLING THE GLIDE PATH VERY WELL; AND I GOT BUSY GETTING HER BACK ON TO A STABILIZED APCH; AND NEVER CHKED IN WITH PHX TWR. IT WASN'T UNTIL WE CONTACTED GND OFF THE RWY THAT I REALIZED WE'D LANDED WITHOUT A LNDG CLRNC. TWR ASKED US TO CALL WHEN WE WERE AT THE GATE. I CALLED; EXPLAINED; APOLOGIZED PROFUSELY. TWR SAID IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT IT WAS A SLOW TIME - WE COULD HAVE CAUSED REAL PROBS - BUT; 'NO HARM; NO FOUL.' I APOLOGIZED AGAIN AND LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON ABOUT MAINTAINING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; INSIDE AND OUT OF THE COCKPIT. THERE IS A REAL RELUCTANCE ON MOST PLT'S PART TO TAKE AN AIRPLANE AWAY FROM PF - MOST PREFER TO 'TALK THROUGH' THE PROBS. BUT; I WAS DEVOTING ALL ATTN TOWARD SHARPENING THIS PLT'S FLYING SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE; AT THE EXPENSE OF ACFT SAFETY. ANOTHER THING THAT I AM FINDING; IS THAT NEW COPLTS WHOSE FIRST R SEAT JOB IS IN GLASS ACFT ARE NOT TAUGHT BASIC SKILLS; IE; PITCH: PWR SETTINGS FOR CLBS; LEVEL OFFS; DSCNTS; APCHS. THEY AREN'T TAUGHT HOW TO CALCULATE DSCNT PATHS. THEY ARE TAUGHT TO FLY WITH THE FLT DIRECTOR ON FROM TKOF TO TOUCHDOWN; AND RELY ON THE COMPUTER FOR EVERYTHING. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT SOME BASIC ATTITUDE INST FLYING SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE TRAINING SYLLABUS AND ALSO REQUIRED DURING INITIAL CHKOUT IN ANY GLASS COCKPIT ACFT.