What to do till March 2005? Spend some of that time really considering if EK is a company you wish to work for. It seems to me that they're treating you guys in an abominable manner.
Gee, why couldn't they get their required numbers correct in the first place? It's not rocket science after all. Indicative perhaps of how they treat their personnel?
Plus, do you really want to live in a compound with everything you read having been censored? Wouldn't it be preferable to have a life outside of the environment in which you work? To have friends from a variety of backgrounds not just fellow crew?
I'm sorry if this post offends anyone but I'm amazed at just how many of you think the sun shines out of EK's a*s. Every company has its downside and I encourage all of you who believe EK is the only option for you to seriously take on board the good and the bad.