Reading some of these posts makes me think that some captains have lost the skill of manipulation! Give your younger arrogant upstart the opportunity and rope to hang himself(metaphorically) offer the required advise, to get them out of the **** and then see what happens! The secret is not to talk too much!
Yeah but that doesn't happen when the guys are building in safety margin over safety margin. More often than not they come in low and are dragging it in, at least in my base. And most of them are really inexperienced guys.
The approach is not being botched up in any way or form. However the fuel is being burned and the landing time on the FMC is moving in the wrong direction.
For some reason a lot of these guys don't seem to get any pride out of a perfect idle descent.
To stop this you HAVE to talk.
To be honest I rather have that "arrogant" youngster who at least tries to make an idle descent and help him if needed, than bite my fingers while seeing inefficient arrivals.