DYNAMICS-- CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL

DYNAMICS-- AJIT VADAKAYIL

--- let me briefly explain company core value of dynamics. it is this core value--which prompted me to say ENOUGH-- don't send the same 2nd engr for the 5th time back on my ship.

always keep a window open for some fresh air and light to come in.

CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT ON THIS PLANET.

last vacation i had written a piece on HUMAN CLONING -- and sent it to some international organisations who can make a difference -- to save the word from dolly syndrome.

my message was "don't clone yourself , even if you are god's gift to mankind". everything may seem perfect now -- but tomorrow you will realise that  you have been 100% wrong.

THIS IS WHY "BONDING WIRE" AT TANKER MANIFOLD GAVE WAY TO "INSULATED

FLANGE" . a sheer 180 degrees turn-- without batting an eyelid.

THIS IS WHY IN FIRST AID MANUALS NOW , AFTER A DIWALI SKIN BURN THEY

SAY-- COOL IT IT WATER-- DON'T JUST PUT A DRY GAUZE - - a sheer 180 degrees turn.

this will be best stated by this glaring example--

in 1983 came back from long leave to command a crude supertanker loading at saudi arabia deep sea rastanurah terminal every 11 days .

those days the iran-iraq war was in full swing-- our ships used to have HIND logo emblazoned on black shipside in white arabic-- writing used to be about 80 metres long.

those days , company policy was STOP DURING DAYLIGHT OUTSIDE WAR ZONE --STEAM AT FULL SPEED DURING DARK THROUGH WAR ZONE.

it just took one angry phone call from a young-- unquenched-- bad boy vadakayil to the chairman of the company ( who was my fan ) -- for the policy to get reversed after 4 months ( -- during which 3 of our huge tankers and one VLCC ( masters arm got hit ) had got hit by iranian heat seeking missiles.)

i had told him bluntly -- i wont follow stupid policies made by pea-brained men!

the new policy became--

STOP AT NIGHT OUTSIDE WAR ZONE , STEAM DURING DAY THROUGH WAR ZONE.

wise-- because after that our tankers never got hit-- for india was neutral. we were closer to iran than to iraq.

dynamics-- the name of the game-- gentlemen!

--by the way—

DYNAMICS MEANS , “TEAM DYNAMICS” — IT IS ABOUT NATURAL FORCES LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IN A SOCCER GAME --

it is not about progress or change --

--or whatever--