Originally Posted by
henra
That also crossed my mind...
I'm always alerted when there are fixed fines defined for cases where in reality the world can be more complex. I do understand that if the requirement is to be stabilised by 1000 and someone's approach is unstable all the way down through to below 500 that the Chief Pilot might want to have a cup of Tea (possibly without Buscuits) with the Crew in question, but this black and white: You're sacked when unstable below 500 even though the approach might have been stable from 1000 to 500 does not inspire confidence in the safety culture of that Airline. Would be interesting to understand at least about what region of the World we are talking.
I fear you still have not understood the OPs post.
Stabilized at 1500ft, stabilized at 1000ft, unstabilized at 500ft due to wind shear, clumsy FO, or whatever life throws at you, NOT A PROBLEM.
Unstabilized at 1500ft and you carry on, still unstabilized at 1000ft and you still carry on, decide to safe lives at 500ft, re-education coming your way as you should have gone around at 1,000ft.
Unstabilized at 1500ft and you carry on, still unstabilized at 1000ft and you still carry on, one last chance to go around at 500ft but you decide real men just don't go around, you are sacked.
Given the amount of mangled metal and lives that arise from unstabilized approaches it seems sensible to hammer the point home.