Mac, none of my group in the corporate flying world are "Newbies", my point is that if a pilot, knowing that he is to return, is either too cheap/stupid/lazy/stuborn to renew his class one medical, then I for one sure as hell dont want him back, nor should anyone other than himself foot the bill, the same applies to his I/R, Haz Mat certification and all the other bits of paper one needs these days, and if the pilot is too damn cheap to rent a light aircraft once a month to stay current then his job interest must be zero. By the way, its all a tax write of so the real cost is not worth bothering about.Reminds me of that great line from a fellow pilot,"How cheap is he? so cheap even the other pilots noticed" No, they have not lost their medicals ect because they were retired, they lost it because they have chosen not to renew it.