ACR SAFETY INSPECTOR CRITICIZED THE CREW FOR NOT HAVING A STABILIZED APCH UNTIL 150 FT AGL VERSUS 500 FT AS SPECIFIED IN COMPANY REGS.

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ACR SAFETY INSPECTOR RIDING IN JUMPSEAT WAS CRITICAL OF THE FACT THAT WE WERE NOT IN A 'STABILIZED APCH' AT 500 FT AGL; ALTHOUGH WE WERE IN A STABILIZED APCH AT 150 FT AGL. ON DOWNWIND AT 6000 FT; 180 KTS; TFC WAS POINTED OUT TO US AND REMARKED THAT IT WOULD BE GOING TO THE S RWYS. IT WAS BELOW US; SUBSEQUENTLY CLRED TO 5000 FT AND VECTORED ON A BASE LEG ABEAM JAGAL. HEADING S AND STILL AT 5000 FT WE WERE THEN VECTORED TO A HEADING OF 230 DEGS; STILL 180 KTS; 5000 FT. ABOUT 3 MI E OF PRUNN WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 26. I CALLED FOR THE LNDG GEAR DOWN; WITH THE END OF RWY 26 IN SIGHT; AND CONFIGURED THE FLAPS TO 25 DEGS; REMAINED AT 180 KTS. THE AIRPLANE WAS SPOOLED UP; FLAPS 30 DEGS; AND VREF PLUS 10-15 KTS AT 150 FT AGL. WE TOUCHED DOWN WITHIN THE FIRST 1500 FT WITH NORMAL BRAKING ON THE ROLLOUT. RECOGNIZING THAT COMPANY POLICY POINTS OUT THAT ONE'S APCH SHOULD BE 'STABLE' AT 500 FT AGL; AT NO TIME; IN MY JUDGEMENT AND EXPERIENCE LEVEL DID I EVER FEEL OR SENSE THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT STABILIZED THROUGHOUT THIS VISUAL APCH.