Not sure about the medical. During the job fair they said if your medical looses currency, you must get it current before training but I would just go ahead and get that done since you'll have to do it anyway. Also, they mentioned that they have recently seen a large increase in applications and its taking them some time to go through them. I really feel that one of the ae job fairs would be the best bet for someone because it gets you in front of the recruiters and breaks up the interview process which I think helps. They just added some more events on airlineapps.