I think he might have had an issue with them paying him his last check...pretty sure they phased out the old 74s. I will most likely speak to him between now and June 30th, so I'll get all the gouge/info I can and post here. If I recall, they phased out the 74 combis for 777s or 340s or something. He was expat, and I'm pretty sure most of his fellow contract crew were Europeans or Americans.
Pretty sure he was living in a nice beachfront flat in Rio on off days...not sure about hotels on overnights.
As for another Angolan-based outfit, have either of you guys heard of Transafrik's hiring reqs for FOs or FEs??? I've heard it's a good place to get some heavy experience on 727s & C130s for the heavy-inexperienced.
I'm low-time, so I'll get whatever info I can for you more-experienced folk...never hurts to have some good contacts and good karma!!!