B737-700
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240; Flight Crew Type 9000
Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew Became Reoriented
Human Factors
The Captain was flying when cleared for the visual approach. Around the outer marker; the Captain was so low that the Tower issued low altitude alert to our flight. The Captain made an adjustment and our flight continued on without incident to a normal landing. Fly the visual approach and back it up with the instrument approach.
B737 First Officer reported his Captain being very low at the outer marker. The Tower issued a low altitude alert and the Captain made the adjustment and continued to land.