ACR FLC FAILS TO ADHERE TO TAXI CLRNC AT LGA.

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I PICKED UP A CLRNC FROM LGA CLRNC DELIVERY WHICH WAS TO 'TAXI TO RWY 4 VIA TXWYS A; F; B; HOLD SHORT OF TXWY E.' AFTER READING THE CLRNC BACK; WE WERE TOLD TO CONTACT CLRNC DELIVERY FOR A CHANGE TO THE ROUTING. I THEN STATED TO THE CAPT OUR TAXI CLRNC AND SAID 'I AM OFF ON COM #2; YOU HAVE COM #1.' I LEFT THE GND FREQ AND PROCEEDED TO PICK UP OUR NEW CLRNC WHILE ACFT WAS TAXIING. WHEN I RETURNED TO COM #1; I HEARD GND STATE THAT WE WERE TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF TXWY E. OUR POS WAS JUST SHORT OF TXWY D WHICH IS S OF TXWY E. AT THIS POINT; THE CAPT STOPPED THE ACFT AND ASKED GND 'ARE WE CLR NOW TO TAXI TO RWY 4?' THE ANSWER WAS 'AFFIRMATIVE' AND WE CONTINUED TAXI TO RWY 4. AT NO TIME WERE WE IN CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER ACFT. THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO XING OVER TXWY E WHEN TOLD TO HOLD SHORT WAS I (FO) WAS COPYING THE SECOND FULL RTE CLRNC 'WHILE' WE WERE TAXIING. THIS TAKES OUT THE THIRD CREW MEMBER IN A VERY BUSY ARPT ENVIRONMENT. A SECOND FACTOR IS MY ACR HAS RECENTLY ADOPTED A '1 CHART PROGRAM' WHERE THE FO HAS AVAILABLE ALL REQUIRED COMMERCIAL CHARTS; BUT THE CAPT IS NO LONGER OFFERED THE COMPLETE COMMERCIAL NAV CHART MANUAL. AT THE TIME OF THE TXWY XING; THE ARPT DIAGRAM WAS PLACED ON MY YOKE AS IS STANDARD AT MY ACR; SO THE CAPT DID NOT HAVE AN ARPT DIAGRAM IN FRONT OF HIM. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HIS CARRIER; ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO; WENT TO A '1 CHART POLICY' WHEREBY ONLY FO'S ARE PROVIDED WITH COMPANY-PAID COMMERCIAL CHARTS. IT CAPTS WANT COVERAGE; THEY MUST BUY THEM WITH THEIR OWN PROCEEDS. RPTR SAYS HIS ACR WENT TO THIS POLICY UNDER THE RATIONALE THAT DURING SIMULATOR TRAINING; PLTS ONLY HAVE 1 CHART OUT. IF; GOES THE COMPANY LOGIC; PLTS CAN GET BY WITH ONLY 1 CHART WHILE PERFORMING A VARIETY OF IRREGULAR AND EMER PROCS; THEY CAN OPERATE EFFECTIVELY WITH ONLY 1 CHART DURING REAL-WORLD OPS. THIS ACR'S SOP ALLEGEDLY NOW CALLS FOR ONLY 1 CHART TO BE OUT AND AVAILABLE TO THE FLC DURING ANY FLT PHASE -- TAXI; CLB; CRUISE; DSCNT; APCH; LNDG. RPTR DID STATE THAT EACH ACFT; OF THE TYPE HE FLIES; HAS ON BOARD A 'KIT BAG' IN WHICH IS LOCATED AN UP-TO-DATE COMPLETE SET OF COMMERCIAL CHARTS. HOWEVER; SOP DOES NOT CALL FOR MORE THAN 1 CHART TO BE OUT AND AVAILABLE. RPTR ALSO STATES THAT CREWS ARE RELUCTANT TO USE CHARTS OUT OF THE KIT BAG; BECAUSE CONSTANT USE RESULTS IN EITHER CHARTS BECOMING DOG-EARED THROUGH USE OR MISSING WHEN CREW MEMBERS WHO USE THEM FORGET TO PUT THEM BACK.