AN MD88 FO RPT ON AN ALT BUST AND SPD DEV DURING THEIR APCH TO AN EAST COAST DEST ON CTR FREQ WITH ZDC; DC.

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WHILE DSNDING THROUGH FL190 IN ORDER TO MAKE A XING RESTR AT SOMTO OF 13000 FT MSL; WE WERE VERIFYING OUR HOLDING ENTRY IN THE FMS. IT SHORTLY BECAME APPARENT THAT WITH THE 130 KT TAILWINDS WE WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE THE XING RESTR. AS PNF; I ADVISED CTR. PASSING 14000 FT WITH THE SPD BRAKES FULLY DEPLOYED I ADVISED THE CAPT THAT 13000 FT WAS APCHING. HE WAS CTLING THE ACFT (AUTOPLT ON) USING VERT SPD. AT 13500 FT OUR DSCNT RATE WAS STILL MORE THAN 4000 RPM. I TOLD HIM TO WATCH THE ALT. AT 13100 FT; I TOLD HIM WE WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH IT. AT 12800 FT; WITHOUT A LEVELOFF; I FINALLY GLANCED AT HIS ALTIMETER AND REALIZED HIS WAS NOT RESET TO 29.34. I REACHED OVER AND TWISTED HIS ALTIMETER TOWARDS 29.40. HE THEN REALIZED THE ERROR AND DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPLT. I RETRACTED THE SPD BRAKES AS HE STARTED THE CLB. LOWEST ALT WAS APPROX 12400 FT. CLOSEST ACFT ON TCASII WAS 1200 FT; ABOUT 10 MI AWAY. AT 12000 FT; CTR QUERIED OUR ALT AND I RESPONDED 'LEVEL AT 13000 FT.' WITH AUTOPLT RESELECTED; HE ENTERED HOLDING; AS I MADE THE RPT. AFTER 30 DEGS OF TURN; I ASKED IF HE WAS GOING TO SLOW TO 210 KTS; AS THAT WAS THE MAX HOLDING SPD AT ARD. WE SLOWED IMMEDIATELY AND AFTER 20 MINS IN HOLDING; CONTINUED TO AN ILS RWY 22 AT LGA; WINDS 190 DEGS AT 13 KTS GUSTING TO 21 KTS. FOLLOWING A GAR DUE TO LACK OF SPACING ON ACFT IN FRONT; WE LANDED. AS PNF; I DID NOT VERBALIZE ENOUGH MY DOUBT OF MAKING THE INITIAL XING RESTR AT FL190. ALTHOUGH I RESET MY ALTIMETER; I DID NOT INITIATE THE DSCNT CHK NOR XCHK HIS ALTIMETER SETTING. COM IS VITAL. CHKLISTS CANNOT BE DELAYED. AND XCHKING INSTS IS PART OF THE REASON IT TAKES 2 TO FLY.