I flew for Trans Air Congo 4 months prior to and up to just after 9/11...
Company was owned by some Lebonese folks and Conteanu was a 2 or 3 times weekly event R/T to Point (of no return) Noire...
Every flight was an argument over how much "freight" was being loaded....
Any "bunch of (name a nationality) pilots" who have flown anywhere in West Africa can recognize this situation...
Unfortunate, but true...