A DO-328 FO RPT ON THE FAILURE OF HIS CAPT TO FOLLOW THE APCH PROC AS BRIEFED DURING AN ATTEMPT TO PERFORM A RIVER VISUAL APCH TO RWY 19 AT DCA; DC.

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ATIS BROADCAST RIVER VISUALS TO RWY 19. I THOROUGHLY BRIEFED CAPT FOR APCH INCLUDING THE USE OF ROSSLYN LDA INSTEAD OF THE RIVER AS LATERAL GUIDANCE AND THE GS INSTEAD OF RECOMMENDED ALTS TO 4 DME. CAPT RETURNED STANDARD BRIEF FOR HIM OF 'LOOK OUT THE WINDOW; LAND THE AIRPLANE.' I KNEW HIS HEAD WASN'T IN THE GAME AS HE WENT 250 KTS AWAY FROM THE ARPT ON DOWNWIND. HE SAID TO 'CALL THE RIVER' AND I DID. THE WAY HE BRIEFED ME; I FIGURED HE WAS GOING ON THE ROSSLYN LDA. HE STARTED FOLLOWING THE RIVER. NO BIG DEAL -- YET. HE THEN ASKED FOR RECOMMENDED ALTS TO BE SET. I POINTED AT THE GS. THEN I SAW HIM GO HEADS DOWN ON THE APCH. HE WAS READING THE PLATE. HE HAD NOT PREPARED FOR OR LISTENED TO MY BRIEF AND HE WAS STARTING FROM SQUARE 1 ON THE APCH! WE WERE ASSIGNED 170 KTS UNTIL 5 DME. AT 6.5 DME; HE WAS SLOWING THROUGH 150 KTS. I TOLD HIM ABOUT IT; BUT HE HADN'T HEARD IT BECAUSE HE WAS READING HIS APCH PLATES. NEXT I NOTICED HIM DRIFTING TO THE NE SIDE OF THE RIVER; RIGHT WHERE P56 COMES ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER. JUST AS I WAS ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING; HE SAID 'I'VE STILL GOT WATER UNDER ME. NOT MUCH; BUT I DO.' WELL; MY THOUGHT WAS -- MOVE OVER! WE DIDN'T GO INTO P56; BUT THIS WHOLE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS STARTED WITH MY BRIEF. I WISH I HAD NOTICED THAT HE DIDN'T PAY ATTN TO THE ORIGINAL BRIEF. ESPECIALLY IN A PLACE LIKE DCA; YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE ANYTHING LESS THAN A 'CREW.' THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH ONE PLT READING A PLATE AND THE OTHER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HE IS DOING. NOTICE; NEITHER ARE FLYING!