I stayed away from this until now,
Afganastan and the American contractors there was always a problem securing the load.
if you felt not enough straps they would argue and say we have been doing this for years and we know our job.
Many times we delayed flights for these contractors that load the airplanes.
Flew in and out of there for 3 years with Midex.
For instance if a heavy vehicle was loaded on a flat floor, they would only attach 3 5000 pound straps for this,
i complained many times to midex safety, said in the USAF they used tie down chains, but not in afganastan with Midex.
have the emails to safety one, he was useless, worried about his job.
Another issue we had all A300 not configured for military pallets , smaller that normal ones. had to really enforce the issue for side strapping cargo, since no locks on one side.
Complaints to management fell on deaf ears.
just my 2 cents , but always worried about shifting cargo, our load masters not the best either so we always checked..