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An Interesting Calculation
(By Pilot General Mahmoud Ansari)
I was serving at Bushehr Base and Martyr Yasini was the commander of the base. He was one of the experienced pilots who had performed excellently and was one of the good teachers of the Air Force. One day a training class was held and the teacher was Col. Yasini. Being exacting on the expenditure form the public purse, he constantly advised us to know the value of what we had, especially the aircraft.
To show the importance, that day he wrote the price of a plane (in dollars) on the board and then converted the amount into Rials. He said. "This is the money that has been spent from the public purse to buy this plane. Next he divided the amount by the population of the country.
I remember well that it came to about 26 Rials.
Then he addressed us and said "Let's be careful about this twenty six Rials and guard it."
Although even before this our colleagues had been extra careful and would have done their best to return a damaged plane, this example and calculation enhanced the sense of responsibility in us and ever after we considered the plane as part of our being.
I was serving at Bushehr Base and Martyr Yasini was the commander of the base. He was one of the experienced pilots who had performed excellently and was one of the good teachers of the Air Force. One day a training class was held and the teacher was Col. Yasini. Being exacting on the expenditure form the public purse, he constantly advised us to know the value of what we had, especially the aircraft.
To show the importance, that day he wrote the price of a plane (in dollars) on the board and then converted the amount into Rials. He said. "This is the money that has been spent from the public purse to buy this plane. Next he divided the amount by the population of the country.
I remember well that it came to about 26 Rials.
Then he addressed us and said "Let's be careful about this twenty six Rials and guard it."
Although even before this our colleagues had been extra careful and would have done their best to return a damaged plane, this example and calculation enhanced the sense of responsibility in us and ever after we considered the plane as part of our being.
