Date: 202011
Local time of day: 0001-0600
Location: ZZZ.Airport, US
Aircraft: Commercial Fixed Wing
Operator: Air Carrier
Operating under: Part 121
Flight plan: IFR
Mission: Passenger
Flight phase: Final Approach
Airspace: Class B ZZZ
ATC / advisory: TRACON ZZZ; Tower ZZZ
Reporter organization: Air Carrier
Reporter function: Pilot Not Flying; Captain
Reporter qualification: Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Human factors: Situational Awareness; Workload; Time Pressure; Human-Machine Interface; Distraction
Anomaly: Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach
Result: Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach
Contributing factors: Human Factors; Environment - Non Weather Related
Primary problem: Human Factors

Narrative: My first trip 'solo' as CO [Commanding Officer] was going well. I had a good crew and we performed well as a crew. On arrival after receiving vectors for approach to Runway XXL and established; the PF was looking around - sighting...flaps were at 15...I was focused on the required speed and frequency change at ZZZZZ; and the Relief Pilot was daydreaming as well.  At 1;000 feet the PF called 'stable'...and I saw his speed and ILS tracking were spot-on...and then we both realized at the same time that the gear was still UP and the flaps were at 15!!  He called gear down and flaps 25; which I did out of habit as response to the fallout.  I realized then; at the same time he did; that the approach was NOT going to work; at which point we both called 'go-around'.  The go-around was at 800 feet AFL and was UGLY!!  Go-arounds from this altitude are often UGLY!!  The subsequent vectors and second approach went as it should and we landed safely...the desired outcome.  The debrief at the gate was thorough and each of us contributed; as well as took appropriate blame for our individual contribution to such an embarrassing and actually humiliating event.We each had recently been through a simulator check.  The Relief Pilot and I (CO) each having less than 40 hours in type; and the FO having just returned from a 7 month period of not flying.  Combined total flight time of this 3-man crew exceeded X0;000 hours.  However on this day we were each victims of a few different causal factors:  fatigue...we had just flown XA+45 hours from ZZZZ; neither of us slept well the previous night; and we were each the victims of relative inactivity due to COVID-related restrictions; each of these led us to be distracted; lackadaisical; and only partially effective as a crew.Causal factors contributing to this outrageously ridiculous display of airman-ship are deemed to be at least the following: longer layovers; [lack of] more well established activity schedules during our layovers-even during times of social restrictions; [lack of] better food onboard flights for crews; [lack of] better procedural discipline is possibly another even considering each of us had been through simulator training very recently.




Synopsis: Air carrier Captain reported an unstabilized approach resulting in a go-around. The Captain cited crew fatigue and lack of flying contributed to the event.