Coupled with the unfeathered prop, it certainly wasn’t going to go up.....
Trevor has some very good points, experienced pilots flying multiple types (complicated large aircraft) on a part time basis isn’t good for safety, no matter how much experience one has. Might have been acceptable years ago before glass got thrown into the the front end of airliners, however the comparisons with regards to aircraft systems and basic operation (logic) are miles apart now, particularly when comparing vintage aircraft to modern day aircraft.
NBD approaches, bread and butter not so long ago! Now they are history.