CLRNC FOR LNDG NOT RECEIVED WHEN AN A319 PIC ALLOWS HIS FLT TO LAND ON RWY 35L WITHOUT CONTACTING TWR AT OKC; OK.

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MY FO WAS RELATIVELY NEW ON THE A319 AND FLEW B727'S PRIOR TO THIS. A B727 DOES 'GO DOWN AND SLOW DOWN.' AN A319 DOES NOT; AND HE'S STILL ADJUSTING TO THE FACT. WE GOT VECTORS TO A VISUAL TO RWY 35L. ON DOWNWIND; WE WERE HIGH AND FAST AND CORRECTING QUICKLY (FO FLYING). THE APCH CTLR TURNED US TO A BASE LEG AND WE WERE STILL HIGH AND FAST; BUT NOT TOO MUCH TO MAKE A SAFE APCH. MY FO WAS SLOW TO RECOGNIZE WE WERE HIGH; SO I ASKED HIM TO DROP THE GEAR EARLY; WHICH HE DID. THINGS WERE STARTING TO WORK THEMSELVES OUT WHEN WE GOT CLRED FOR THE VISUAL. MY FO WAS FLYING WITH THE AUTOPLT ON; USING THE FCU; AND CONTINUED TO DO SO AFTER BEING CLRED FOR THE VISUAL; BUT FORGOT TO SET AN ALT LOWER THAN 3000 FT (OUR PREVIOUS CLRED ALT) IN THE FCU; SO THE PLANE SPOOLED UP AND STARTED TO LEVEL BEFORE THE FO CAUGHT IT; PUTTING US A LITTLE HIGHER AND FASTER THAN WE WERE ALREADY. NEXT; THE FO CALLED FOR FLAPS AT A SPD OVER THE LIMIT; WHICH I CAUGHT; BUT THAT THREW HIM OFF AS WELL. THE CTLR ASKED US TO SWITCH TO TWR; WHICH I DID; BUT I NEVER CHKED ON WITH TWR. I WAS SO BUSY COACHING MY FO; DOING THE LNDG CHKLIST; SITTING THE FLT ATTENDANTS DOWN FOR LNDG AND TALKING TO THE CTLR; AND THEN SO RELIEVED THAT MY FO FINALLY GOT EVERYTHING STABILIZED BY 500 FT (OUR MINIMUMS); THAT I FORGOT TO CALL TWR FOR LNDG CLRNC. THE RWY WAS CLR AND NO CONFLICT OCCURRED. I TALKED TO TWR ON ROLLOUT; TAXIED OFF; CONTACTED GND; AND PROCEEDED TO OUR GATE. FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCLUDED 1) A NEW FO WHO WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH HOW POORLY THE A319 'GOES-DOWN AND SLOWS DOWN'; PARTICULARLY COMING FROM A B727; WHICH CAN DROP LIKE A ROCK IF NECESSARY; 2) MY RELUCTANCE TO COACH MY FO TOO EARLY ON BECAUSE OF MY FO'S GOOD AVIATION BACKGND AND BECAUSE I FELT LIKE I HAD ALREADY 'HOUNDED' HIM ENOUGH ON OUR TRIP; AND 3) THE APCH CTLR'S TURN TO BASE WHILE WE WERE STILL HIGH. THE NEXT TIME I WILL BE MORE ASSERTIVE WITH AN FO THAT MAKES ME EVEN SLIGHTLY UNCOMFORTABLE; AND I WILL ASK THE CTLR TO EXTEND OUR DOWNWIND MORE TO GIVE US MORE TIME TO DSND BEFORE TURNING BASE.