B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Communication Breakdown; Fatigue
Deviation - Speed All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach
Flight Crew Landed As Precaution
Airspace Structure; Human Factors
On approach to the runway at ZZZZ I forgot to call for final flaps and slow to approach speed. The First Officer called it just below 1000 feet and I immediately configured and slowed. The landing was uneventful. I expect FOQUA (Flight Operations Quality Assurance) will report me for not being on-speed at 1;000 feet or even 500 feet. Visibility was good; the runway was long and given my experience with [foreign] ATC I thought the best and safest course of action was to continue the approach and land; even though I probably exceeded the speed called for by Company Policy.Fatigue and complacency. The flight had been easy and my approach was controlled and unexciting until I forgot the flaps. I think my First Officers were lulled into complacency; thinking I was on top of things. Which I was; until I wasn't. I'd gotten a good night's sleep before the trip and got one short nap inflight. I never sleep well if there's any turbulence at all; and we had a lot of light chop. So; I got forgetful right about the time they decided I was doing okay. I think they all might have been shy about calling me on my error. The weather was good and for all they knew; I was the kind of guy who liked to configure late; which I'm not. We all get tired and those inflight naps don't always work out.
After a long night of flying and landing in day VMC I realized we had not selected final flaps and advised the Captain. We reduced speed and configured for landing but had not completed the Landing Checklist until passing 1;000 feet. We made the decision to continue and land due to the assessment that the aircraft was in a stable configuration and we were tired and this was the safest course of action at the time.This event illustrates the subtle effects of long duty periods into the circadian low. In the future I will give greater attention to all crew members being vigilant to adhering to SOP.
B787 flight crew reported fatigue and complacency led to an unstabilized approach; but continued to land.