A NEW CAPT NOTES HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO COMPLY WITH RULES AND RESTRS AFTER CATCHING HIS FO DISTR AND FLYING ABOVE 250 KTS BELOW 10000 FT.

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AS A NEW CAPT; I WAS THE PNF ON THIS LEG OF THE TRIP. THIS WAS THE LAST LEG OF A 4-DAY TRIP (LEG #6); AND ONLY MY SECOND AS PIC AND PNF ON THIS ACFT. WE WERE APPROX 180 NM W OF ORD AND GIVEN A CLRNC TO PROCEED DIRECT TO KRENA INTXN TO CROSS 5 MI W AT 9000 FT. THE FO HAD BEEN DSNDING TO FL240 WHEN THIS CLRNC WAS ISSUED; AND CONTINUED DSNDING AT APPROX 1200 FPM. AFTER COMPLETING AN APCH BRIEFING AND THE APCH DSCNT CHKLIST; I WAS NOT MONITORING THE #1 FREQ WHILE MAKING A PA TO THE PAX REGARDING ARR INFO. I NOTED OUR SPD PASSING 12000 FT AT APPROX 290 KIAS. SINCE OUR DSCNT RATE WAS SHALLOW; I THOUGHT THE FO WAS GOING TO LEVEL AT 10000 FT TO SLOW TO 250 KTS; THEN CONTINUE TO 9000 FT. I GLANCED UP FROM READING THE ATIS INFO AND NOTED OUR ALT AT 9800 FT MSL; 280 KIAS. I IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED SPD BRAKES; REDUCED THE AIRSPD CTL TO 250 KIAS; NOTED THE DISCREPANCIES; AND THE FO DISENGAGED THE AUTOPLT; LEVELED; SLOWED; THEN CONTINUED DSCNT TO 9000 FT. THE XING RESTR WAS COMPLIED WITH MORE THAN 5 MI TO SPARE; AND NO OTHER TFC WAS EFFECTED. THE TIME DURATION WAS BRIEF; BUT WE DID EXCEED 250 KTS DSNDING TO 10000 FT. I AM NOT CERTAIN HOW THE FO BECAME DISTR TO ALLOW THIS TO OCCUR; BUT I DO KNOW THAT; AS CAPT; I MUST BE TWICE AS VIGILANT TOWARDS THE OP. WITH 15+ YRS EXPERIENCE AS AN FO; I WAS RELYING ON THE FO TO BE MORE ATTENTIVE TO DETAIL AS I HAVE BEEN AS FO. THIS WAS MY SECOND SOLO TRIP AS CAPT AND THE SECOND LEG AS PNF; BUT I NOW REALIZE THAT; AS CAPT; I'M NEVER THE PNF. IT IS A FRAME OF MIND THAT MUST BE READJUSTED ON MY PART. ALTHOUGH WE DID VIOLATE THE SPD RESTR DSNDING TO 10000 FT; THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT LESSON HOW THIS NEW POS IS DIFFERENT. THE CAPT IS ALWAYS THE PF -- REGARDLESS OF WHOSE HANDS ARE ON THE CTLS.