B737-300 FLC FLIES THROUGH LOC TWICE ON VFR APCH TO ATL.

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AS WE APCH ATL; AIR TFC CTL ASKS US IF WE HAVE THE ARPT IN SIGHT. COPLT SEES IT; SO I CALL IT. WE WERE HOLDING 4000 FT MSL; BUT ATC CLRS US FOR THE VISUAL TO RWY 8L. THE COPLT; TRYING TO USE THE EFIS; DOESN'T PUSH THE VOR/LOC BUTTON TO CAPTURE THE COURSE. I DO NOT NOTICE THIS BECAUSE I AM DOING THE APCH CHKLIST. I AM; HOWEVER; PAYING ATTN TO THE RWY. HE FLYS THROUGH THE COURSE. AS HE DOES THIS; I CORRECT HIM. WHEN ATC CALLS; WE ARE ALREADY REINTERCEPTING. HOWEVER; MY COPLT HAS NOT STARTED A DSCNT. HIS MIND WAS STILL ON THE INTERCEPT AND ATC; SO I SAY; 'WE ARE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL!' HE SAYS; 'YES.' I SAID; 'YOU ARE WAY HIGH; PLUS WE ARE EATING UP A B727.' HE STILL DELAYS AND FINALLY CALLS 'FLAPS 5 DES.' I SAY; AS A CLYE; 'DO YOU WANT ME TO SPOIL FOR YOU?' HE SAYS; 'YES; AND I PULL FULL FLT SPOILERS. HE TAKES THE HINT AND CALLED FOR GEAR AND MORE FLAPS. AT THIS TIME APCH TELLS US TO CONTACT TWR (119.3) OM INBOUND. I CALL TWR; BUT THEY ARE SO BUSY I COULDN'T GET A WORD IN. WE HAVE CORRECTED THE GLIDE PATH BUT THE B727 WAS TAKING THEIR SWEET TIME ON THE RWY. I AM BUSY WATCHING HIM; AND TRYING TO GET A LNDG CLRNC FROM TWR. I FINALLY GET A WORD IN TO TWR. FROM HIS REACTION; I COULD TELL HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF FLT ABC. WE WERE 100 FT AGL AT THAT POINT. I TOLD MY COPLT TO GO AROUND; WHILE I READ THE CHART TO FIND THE RIGHT TWR FREQ SO I COULD TELL TWR WE WERE GOING AROUND. I CALL THE MISSED APCH AND MY COPLT (WHO HAS NEVER DONE A REAL GAR IN THE B737) ADDED PWR; AND THAT IS IT. NO GEAR; NO FLAPS; JUST PWR. ALSO; GOING OFF WAS A TERRAIN HORN SAYING; 'TOO LOW; TERRAIN.' ONCE I SILENCE THE HORN AND CONFIGURE THE ACFT FOR FLT; RUN THE CLB CHKLIST AND TALK TO APCH; I EXPLAIN TO HIM THAT WE HAD RECEIVED OR HAD HEARD THE WRONG FREQ. WITH THAT; THE B727 AND MY COPLT GETTING BEHIND THE ACFT; WE DID NOT HAVE A LNDG CLRNC. ATC ALSO REQUESTED AN EXPLANATION. THEN WE WERE VECTORED FOR A LONG DOWNWIND AGAIN; BASE; AND AGAIN CLRED FOR THE VISUAL. MY COPLT THIS TIME REMEMBERED TO HIT VOR/LOC ON THE MCP. I VERIFIED IT BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT OUR FIRST MISTAKE OF FLYING THROUGH FINAL TO HAPPEN AGAIN. WHILE TALKING TO APCH AND DOING CHKLIST ITEMS; HE FLEW THROUGH APCH FINAL AGAIN. AGAIN I CORRECTED HIM; AND HE CORRECTED. THIS TIME ATC YELLED AT US FOR FLYING THROUGH FINAL. HE SAID; 'FLC ABC; YOU FLEW THROUGH FINAL AGAIN!' WE HAD DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT; OR SO I THOUGHT. WHEN WE HAD GOTTEN THE TERRAIN ADVISORY ON GAR; MY COPLT SPUN HIS FREQ KNOB; THINKING THAT WOULD CANCEL IT OUT; SO VOR/LOC DID NOT WORK. SO AFTER WE CORRECTED; LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. WHEN WE GOT TO THE GATE; AN FAA REPRESENTATIVE WAS THERE TO MEET US. THERE NEVER WAS AN ISSUE AS TO THE SAFETY OF FLT. WE NEVER RECEIVED A TCASII ADVISORY OR SUCH AND OUR OVERSHOOT OF THE FINAL WAS NOT EXCESSIVE. PLUS WE WERE ON A VISUAL.