This might help qualify the pilots attitude. a couple of years ago same airport same ailine but on 06lLand a bit farther out, they broke out and were obviously not lined up with the runway,heated discussion followed with atc the upshot was that the pia capt, got his way and continued to land, basically he ignored instuctions. Cultural differences is the polite term.
Wierdly i was two aircraft behind this guy on sat morning. cloudbase was actual 400', i know because i beat the auto land trim wind up with an a/p disconnect with seconds to spare.
Having spent most of my career not in this fir i would put money on it being crew/cultural arrogance and not an overly bossy controler.should be grounded and charged with the flying equivalent of dangerous driving. but that wouldnt please the P.C. police would it.
jack