Dawdler, captain's prime aim ain't in doubt, however his actions to achieve said aim were way off the accepted mark and leaving the gear down was incomprehensible.
Purple pitot - free thinking has it's place but reducing power on the good donk!!!!!!
The guy wasn't thinking straight and somehow got away with it, the only concession I'll give you is that he did have some piloting ability which is what got the plane back in spite of his pi$$ poor decision making.
Nice whitewash by Royal Air Maroc BTW