NEWLY SIMULATOR QUALIFIED CAPT IN A DC10 FAILED TO DSND IN A TIMELY MANNER IN ORDER TO MAKE A PROFILE DSCNT XING RESTR.

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I WAS SERVING AS PNF ON A SCHEDULED ACR FLT FROM HNL DIRECT SEA. THE CAPT WAS FLYING HIS FIRST TRIP FOLLOWING A SIMULATOR REQUALIFICATION. HE HAD NOT FLOWN A DC10 ON THE LONE FOR OVER 6 MONTHS (HE WAS COMING OFF THE B747). THE CAPT WANTED TO FLY THE FIRST LEG. WE WERE EXECUTING THE OLYMPIA 2 ARR INTO SEATAC. RWY 34L/R WERE ACTIVE. ZSE CLRED US TO CROSS OLM VOR AT 12000 FT. THE STAR ALSO MANDATES A XING AIRSPD OF 250 KTS. THE CAPT STARTED THE DSCNT AT THE PROPER LOCATION; BUT DIDN'T PULL #2 ENG ALL THE WAY BACK TO IDLE. ABOUT 35 MI SW OF OLM; WE WERE DSNDING THROUGH FL250. WE WERE BEHIND ON THE DSCNT PROFILE SO I MENTIONED THAT WE HAD A XING RESTR OF 12000 FT AT OLM. NO RESPONSE. AS WE DSNDED THROUGH FL240; OUR DME FROM OLM WAS 30 NM. I MADE A MORE FORCEFUL DECLARATION OF THE XING RESTR. NO RESPONSE FROM THE CAPT. RATE OF DSCNT DID NOT CHANGE. 20 MI FROM OLM; I CHANGED TACTICS AND ASKED THE CAPT IF HE THOUGHT HE COULD MAKE THE 12000 FT XING RESTR AT OLM. HE SAID 'YES.' 15 MI FROM OLM; ZSE CALLED US AND SAID 'LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO BE HIGH AT OLM; GET YOUR ALT FIRST; THEN YOUR AIRSPD. THE CAPT FINALLY ADMITTED HE HAD MISJUDGED THE DSCNT PROFILE. HE PROCEEDED TO EXTEND THE SPD BRAKES; DISCONNECT THE AUTOPLT AND PUSH THE NOSE OVER. WE CROSSED OLM DSNDING THROUGH 12500 FT. THIS WAS A CLASSIC CRM SCENARIO -- TRYING TO BAL TIMELY BACKUP WITH FORCEFUL INTERVENTION. AS WE ALL KNOW. PLTS HAVE FRAGILE EGOS. THIS REQUIRES TIMELY AND DIPLOMATIC FEEDBACK. PERSONALLY; IF I HAVEN'T FLOWN A PARTICULAR MODEL OF ACFT FOR A WHILE; I ALWAYS LET THE OTHER PLT MAKE THE FIRST TKOF AND LNDG. THIS LETS ME GET THE VISUAL PICTURE AND REPROGRAM MY BRAIN.