Narrative:

Coming into ZZZ ATIS was reporting ILS xxl. As we checked into the final controller; we were assigned VOR xxl. We quickly; but thoroughly re-briefed the new assignment. As we came in; we were white needles and given a vector and altitude to intercept. The first officer was flying pilot and was having trouble with selecting vertical speed and then we became high on the approach. After it became time sensitive; I said that we have the runway and papis in sight; so we should get rid of the automation and shoot the visual. We stayed a little high and then assertively descended to meet up with the glide path. At this point I was trying to get switched over from approach to tower so we can get landing clearance. We were in the last second of stabilizing at the 1;000 alert. Unfortunately; the flight spoilers were still out beyond our company 1;000 feet limitation.the cause of this occurrence is multi-fold. The first officer has three flight hours after IOE and those were his only hours in the last seven weeks. He stated this at the beginning of the trip. This was his first flying leg flight. The change in the approach also contributed to the complexity as well as not getting landing clearance. On top of that; the vs button required mashing and multiple attempts to get it pressed and engaged. Unfortunately the flying situation during the pandemic is affecting both the currency of the pilot group as well as the performance of the controllers. Flying currency is the solution.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier flight crew reported an unstabilized approach; citing FO's lack of flying and a late change by Approach Control as contributing factors.

Narrative: Coming into ZZZ ATIS was reporting ILS XXL. As we checked into the final Controller; we were assigned VOR XXL. We quickly; but thoroughly re-briefed the new assignment. As we came in; we were white needles and given a vector and altitude to intercept. The FO was flying pilot and was having trouble with selecting vertical speed and then we became high on the approach. After it became time sensitive; I said that we have the runway and PAPIs in sight; so we should get rid of the automation and shoot the visual. We stayed a little high and then assertively descended to meet up with the glide path. At this point I was trying to get switched over from approach to Tower so we can get landing clearance. We were in the last second of stabilizing at the 1;000 alert. Unfortunately; the flight spoilers were still out beyond our company 1;000 feet limitation.The cause of this occurrence is multi-fold. The FO has three flight hours after IOE and those were his only hours in the last seven weeks. He stated this at the beginning of the trip. This was his first flying leg flight. The change in the approach also contributed to the complexity as well as not getting landing clearance. On top of that; the VS button required mashing and multiple attempts to get it pressed and engaged. Unfortunately the flying situation during the pandemic is affecting both the currency of the pilot group as well as the performance of the controllers. Flying currency is the solution.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.