Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 0; Flight Crew Total 4523; Flight Crew Type 2722
Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Airport; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
Due to traffic I was unable to request RNAV visual; on the base to final (which is challenging due to rising terrain) I failed to maintain good situational awareness to the tight turn to final. The gusty wind off the terrain created a lot of my attention to airspeed management and the turn on to see the VASI was difficult due to sun glare. As a result my turn on [final] was four red; I promptly corrected for a normal landing.
We had briefed the RNAV visual; landing NW; into PSP and I had planned on asking for it as soon as we checked in. On the initial call to PSP we were given immediate vectors away from the RNAV visual/arrival due to ATC wanting better traffic situation. The turn was such that the sun light made it difficult to see the airport and I was looking farther north than I should've. The winds coming across the mountains caused some gusts and the FO (First Officer) elected to hand fly. ATC gave us another vector and asked if we had the field for the visual approach; I replied no. A few seconds later we saw the field; confirmed it; and made a turn to put us on a 3 mile final.I was solely concentrating on the terrain and making sure we kept our clearance from it. In my mind I was calculating a 3:1 ratio; and looking for the PAPI. I noticed the FO had 4 reds; called it out and the FO immediately corrected. We flew a normal approach from there out. There were no GPWS triggered. We debriefed at the gate for about 15 minutes on what we could have done better.
A320 flight crew reported not being set up correctly into PSP; and correcting for a safe landing.