Thanks for the clarification Huck, happy to accept when I am wrong. However given that Gemini ceased operations in 2008 my general premise about currency might not prove to be so far off the mark.
The co-pilot, who fortunately seems to have survived, is described as being 61 and would until recently have been a retiree in your part of the world.
The old saying 'If I do not fly for a week I notice it, two weeks and my colleagues notice it, three weeks the passengers/in this case the authorities notice it' does hold some truth. I expect some expert will point out that this does not apply to real pilots, but whatever.
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