TAXI WITHOUT CLRNC.

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WE WERE SCHEDULED TO DEPART OAKLAND AT AA30 PST NOV 1995 ON A TIME SENSITIVE NEXT DAY AIR CARGO FLT TO LOUISVILLE. OUR FLT IS ONE OF THE LAST ONES SCHEDULED TO ARR IN SDF AND ANY DELAY CAN DISRUPT THE OUTBOUND NEXT DAY PACKAGE SORT AT SDF. WE EXPERIENCED A SLIGHT LOADING DELAY AT OAKLAND AND WERE FINALLY READY TO TAXI AT AA43 PST (13 MIN LATE). WE WERE PARKED ON THE UNCTLED RAMP AT OAKLAND AND THE MARSHALL SIGNALED FOR US TO TAXI FORWARD TOWARD TXWY B; ABOUT 50 FT AHEAD. THE FO CALLED FOR TAXI CLRNC AS I SPOOLED UP THE ENGS AND STARTED MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD TXWY B. OAKLAND RESPONDED WITH OUR CALL SIGN 'K K;' HESITATED; AND THEN TOLD US TO CONTACT 'OAK GND CTL.' THAT IS WHEN WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD THE 'OAKLAND TWR' FREQ SELECTED INSTEAD OF 'OAKLAND GND CTL.' TXWY B APPEARED CLR (A XX DC8 HAD JUST PASSED BY ON TXWY B TOWARD THE ACTIVE RWY) AND I ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE CLRED TO FOLLOW HIM. BY THIS TIME I HAD STARTED THE TURN FROM THE CARGO RAMP ONTO TXWY B. I STOPPED THE ACFT ABOUT HALFWAY ONTO THE TXWY AS THE FO MADE CONTACT WITH OAKLAND GND CTL. OAKLAND GND CTL ASKED OUR POS AND WE TOLD HIM THAT WE WERE JUST LEAVING THE RAMP AND THAT WE HAD IN FACT ENTERED TXWY B. HE WAS UPSET THAT WE HAD TAXIED ONTO THE ACTIVE TXWY WITHOUT CLRNC AND TOLD US THAT A ZZ DC8 WAS COMING OFF THEIR UNLIT RAMP; ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TXWY B; AND THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN CLRED ONTO TXWY B. OAKLAND GND CTL THEN CLRED US TO TAXI TO RWY 29 AND THE ZZ DC8 FOLLOWED US. TAXIING ONTO TXWY B WITHOUT A CLRNC OCCURRED BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO EXPEDITE OUR DEP AND INCORRECTLY 'ANTICIPATED' OUR TAXI CLRNC AS I APCHED TXWY B. WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE OAKLAND TWR RESPOND WITH OUR CALL SIGN; I CONTINUED TO ROLL TOWARD THE TXWY AND I WAS UNABLE TO STOP PRIOR TO THE ACTIVE TXWY WHEN I REALIZED THAT WE WERE NOT TALKING TO OAKLAND GND CTL. THIS WAS A GOOD LESSON FOR A VERY EXPERIENCED FLC TO AVOID THE COMPLACENCY THAT ROUTINE AND REPETITIVE FLTS FROM FAMILIAR ARPTS CAN BREED. NEVER TAXI PRIOR TO RECEIVING A TAXI CLRNC! SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 319866: A DC8 HAD JUST PASSED AND WE ANTICIPATED WE WOULD FOLLOW THEM. OAKLAND GND STARTED TO RESPOND TO ONE TAXI REQUEST; WE HAD TAXIED APPROX HALFWAY ONTO TXWY 'B.' THEY (OAKLAND GND) ASKED OUR POS; WE ADVISED OAKLAND WE WERE IN FACT ON TXWY 'B.' OAKLAND GND ADVISED US TO NOT TAKE THE ACTIVE TXWY WITHOUT A CLRNC AND INFORMED US THAT A DC8 WAS CLRED ONTO TXWY 'B.' OAKLAND GND THEN CLRED US TO TAXI TO RWY 29 AND ZZ TO FOLLOW US. TAXI ONTO TXWY 'B' WITHOUT A CLRNC OCCURRED BECAUSE WE INCORRECTLY ANTICIPATED OUR TAXI CLRNC AND WERE TRYING TO EXPEDITE THE FLT. AS AN EXPERIENCED FLC WE LEARNED THAT ROUTINE AND REPETITIVE FLTS CAN BRING ON COMPLACENCY AND THIS MUST BE AVOIDED. LISTEN TO CLRNC AND DON'T ANTICIPATE A RESPONSE; ESPECIALLY FROM A FAMILIAR ARPT; WAIT FOR TAXI CLRNC BEFORE MOVING ACFT.