Dreamland:
You've been given a chance to learn a valuable lesson while remaining relatively unscathed, and I'm sure you're already taking it to heart. It's important to remember that many tail strikes and runway overruns have included an unstabilized approach as a part of the equation.
When we're acting as a member of a crew, we have a responsibility to perform in accordance with the regs and SOPs at all times, whether we're on a routine line flight, a training flight or a check flight. At no time can we "let it go" all the way to a landing to see how the other pilot handles their predicament. I'm quite sure that if you had been flying with that same chap the next day on a routine revenue trip, you would have intervened much sooner to ensure that either the approach was stabilized or that a go-around was completed. The same must apply on a check flight, and in fact, had you called a go-around, it would have been a much better lesson for the guy than just getting "gassed" on his line check.
Jeff
P.S. Don't listen to brain fade (appears that the name says it all). Check pilots have a responsibility to ensure that SOPs are obeyed to the greatest and safest extent possible.
Last edited by J.O.; 7th January 2007 at 13:11.