Once again I find myself having to agree with Southcoast. There is a well-known South African operator of DC9's who is claiming he makes USD50,000 per day, per aircraft, PROFIT in the DRC and how he would rather operate there BECAUSE of their lack of oversight. I personally have witnessed (in the early 2000's) the crew of an AN12 doing an engine change in Windhoek as well as a re-spray and registration change before bringing the a/c back to SA. On my first trip to Luanda with Safair in the early '90's, I went up to an AN12 (first time I had seen one "in the flesh") Spoke to the crew who offered me alcohol. On telling them I had to fly in +-4hrs, they assured me its no problem they were flying in 1 hour! So, I stand with Southcoast on this matter. V1, brilliant post!