Alternatively you could apply to CX with a basing in MEL or SYD , (see Flt Intnl website) could be attractive to some , leaving early is not that arduous and preferable to slowly getting bitter and twisted .
As for the shamefully lenient sentence imposed on the rapists ,they were found guilty , the act involved abduction , tantamount to kidnapping with the
intent to commit sexual assault ,followed by an actual assault; a very serious crime indeed with a penalty in the region of 10-15 yrs in Europe and life imprisonment in Texas , as for Saudi well that,s been mentioned.
Sometimes this blatant "dual" legal system , civil or criminal, will be the final straw to those who were not that content at EK, after all just walking away is the only form of protest available which is frustrating to say the least.