In its short period of operation, there were allegations from numerous employees of excessive hours, improper rest provisions for crews (being expected to sleep on aircraft between trips) and pay discrepancies.

[1][2] In 1995, an African friend introduced Zaire-born driving school instructor Rene Dubois (who was living in Upstate New York at the time) to Foutanga Babani Sissoko who was attempting to launch an airline to be called Air Dabia.

[1] From New York City, Sissoko flew back to Africa in March 1996, distributing large checks to strangers at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Refusing to wait for the necessary export license to be issued from the U.S. Department of State, Comminges and Dieguimde loaded the helicopters onto a cargo plane at Miami International Airport.

Dieguimde promised (in a call secretly recorded by Customs and Border Protection) to reward Outlaw, offering him a free vacation at Sissoko's resort in the Gambia, if he would release the helicopters.