I heard from a check airman that under the monitored approach scenario at the combined company CAL will adopt the UAL method of doing them: the FO landing instead of doing the go-around/missed approach if needed.

I have a real problem with this. As it stands now (at CAL), the FO is the flying pilot for the approach and is looking at the instruments and is primed for the missed approach while the CA is monitoring and looking out for indications that the requirements exist to land. The CA transitions to looking outside as minimums approach to get acclimated and moves the FO's hands when he feels landing is appropriate.

Under this other method, the FO in a low-altitude, low-visibility regime, has to continue to fly (yes, via AP) and move eyes in and out to verify acft function while trying to find/see the lighting and determine visibility exists to land. You don't think the captain is also going to be looking out as well and therefore both pilots are being distracted from the task of watching the airplane at such a crucial stage of flight?

If this is true, which the check airman said it is, I have major issues with this method. The CAL guys have supposedly been fighting this change in the meetings but aren't making headway. Obviously, United's operations in these conditions have done just as well as ours, but I truly feel that one method is safer than the other.

Just my opinion of course, but alas I am but a cog in the great wheel.