FLT CREW OF B757 CONTINUE UNSTABILIZED APCH INTO LAX DESPITE RECOGNIZING COMPANY SOP REQUIRED A GAR IF NOT STABILIZED AT 1000 FT AGL.

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WE WERE HIGH AND FAST WHEN ATC TURNED US LOOSE FOR A VISUAL APCH VIA A R BASE TO RWY 25L. AS I COULD SEE THIS APCH WOULD BE CHALLENGING; I ORALLY HIGHLIGHTED THE FAF XING ALT TO MY FLYING FO AS A CLUE TO GET CONFIGURED FOR A STEEP APCH. HE SUBSEQUENTLY RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO GET DOWN AND CONFIGURE. AT APPROX 1000 FT MSL; I STATED 'WE SHOULD GO AROUND;' YET HE DIDN'T HEAR ME. I WAS ABOUT TO REPEAT MYSELF WHEN I COULD SEE HE WAS COMING CLOSE TO MEETING OUR STABILIZED APCH CRITERIA. REFLECTING ON THIS FAST-PACED EFFORT TO FORCE PROGRESS (A LNDG) AT THE EXPENSE OF PRUDENCE; I REGRET (EVEN THOUGH THE LNDG WAS SAFELY ACCOMPLISHED IN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE) NOT MORE FORCEFULLY COMMANDING A GAR -- AS 'CLOSE' TO MEETING PRESCRIBED CRITERIA WAS NOT MEETING THE CRITERIA. PERHAPS MY HESITATION STEMMED FROM MY FAMILIARITY WITH HIS SKILLS; AS WE HAD FLOWN TOGETHER NUMEROUS TIMES ON ANOTHER FLEET. PERHAPS; TOO; THERE WAS AN ELEMENT OF DEFERENCE AS HE WAS NOT LONG AGO IN THE CAPT'S SEAT BEFORE ECONOMIC EVENTS REVERSED HIS CAREER PATH. REGARDLESS; IN FUTURE APCH BRIEFS; I'LL NOT ONLY COVER THE IAP (PROC) THROUGH A POSSIBLE MISSED; BUT REMIND US OF THE OBLIGATORY GAR IF STABILIZED CRITERIA AREN'T MET. NO TIME FOR QUESTIONS -- NO HARD FEELINGS.