Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Human-Machine Interface; Situational Awareness
Deviation - Speed All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach
Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
On a visual approach to Runway X; the FO was flying; he started the approach a little high but managed to get back on a 3 degree glide to the runway. By the time I noticed we were at 500 feet and his airspeed was still about 20 knots above Vref. The airspeed managed to get down to Vapp with the engines spooled before touchdown. I hadn't flown in a month so my situational awareness was not on a level it should have been and I should have called a go-around.
Air carrier Captain reported an unstabilized approach and stated they should have executed a go-around.