I'm afraid so.... or at least intermittent.....
Shows how human we can be.
But it makes sense from the point that he knew the airfield well (it s position in relationship to the little town), so broadly recognizing the environment deciding not to fly the procedure but to take the shortcut for a join downwind.
The information that 13 was in use was unexpected, the visibility insufficient at least on the east of the field towards the mountains, it's called an error of judgement
Not saying I agree with it (far from it), but understanding the line of thought as a mistake one could make