The film tells about the struggle of the former aviation navigator E.G.Aksakalyan, who headed one of the neglected sections of the production association "Tyumenburgaz" (Tyumen region, Novy Urengoy), with the management of the enterprise, on whose order a new Japanese drilling rig was scrapped and destroyed. equipment, about its fight against mismanagement on the basis of fuel and lubricants of the enterprise. 1 part. G. Novy Urengoy, a festive demonstration on November 7, demonstrators with banners are walking down the street, decorations, slogans on houses, townspeople from the sidewalk are watching the procession. The pilots are carrying a banner "PERESTROIKA ENERGY IS A CASE OF SOCIALISM!" Former aviation navigator E.G. Aksakalyan is watching the demonstration from the sidewalk. NDP DISMISSAL ... EG Aksakalyan talks at home about the reasons for his dismissal from Tyumenburgaz. A panorama of an abandoned drilling equipment behind a fence, it is snowing, an all-terrain vehicle drives past the base. Tractor driver refueling the tractor with fuels and lubricants. E.G.Aksakalyan clears snow from the gates at the base. E.G. Aksakalyan tells how the drilling equipment was buried in the ground before the arrival of the commission. E.G. Aksakalyan is walking along the base, dogs are running nearby. General view of the fuel base (shot from a high point). The journalist tells how E.G. Aksakalyan came to the editorial office and told about the conflict at work, about his dismissal, about the conflict between the party committee of "Tyumenburgaz" and the editorial office of the newspaper. NDP FIGHT ... E.G. Aksakalyan climbs the stairs in the building of the Novourengoy City People's Court. A court session is underway, E.G. Aksakalyan's claim for reinstatement at work and payment of wages for forced absenteeism is being considered. E.G.Aksakalyan answers the judge's questions. Representatives of the Tyumenburgaz administration answer the judge's questions about the reasons for E.G.Aksakalyan's refusal to work, persecution of him for criticism. The courthouse, a blizzard, E.G. Aksakalyan is walking down the street, in the background are high-rise buildings. Snow-covered street of Novy Urengoy, rare passers-by are walking. Men at the base describe how they buried drilling equipment in the ground. Part 2. Men at the base tell how they buried drilling equipment in the ground before the commission's arrival, they say that they will be persecuted and fired after the interview. The door to the office of the trade union committee of the association, the chairman of the trade union committee A.A. Butakov sits at the table in his office, E.G. Aksakalyan comes to him. A.A. Butakov reads out fragments from the statement of E.G. Aksakalyan, in which he accuses the trade union committee of persecuting him for criticism. A meeting of the collective of the association, employees from the rostrum express their complaints to the leadership, the trade union committee, talk about the persecution of those dissatisfied with the activities of the leadership. Cr.pl. - A.A. Butakov is sitting in the hall. The majority of those present in the hall applauded the speakers. E.G. Aksakalyan talks about the reorganization at the base, as a result of which the oil depot, which he heads, is liquidated. Trucks are driving on a country road. E.G. Aksakalyan in his house carves wood figurines, brews coffee, smokes. NDP on wooden figures - the work of E.G. Aksakalyan. E.G. Aksakalyan with former fellow pilots drinking tea at the table, discussing their problems at work. Part 3. E.G.Aksakalyan at the base, in the sky a helicopter is carrying equipment. NDP OBIDA ... Room of E.G.Aksakalyan, books, photographs on the walls, his pilot's uniform, badge "For accident-free hours." Rain, truck stuck in mud. The tractor pulls out the truck. Types of forest-tundra, clouds in the sky. River flows. Leto, E.G. Aksakalyan at the base demonstrates to the journalist the fence posts made of Japanese pipes. A pile of drilling equipment, prepared for disposal, contains Japanese couplings with labels, new duralumin pipes, high-pressure cranes. E.G. Aksakalyan says that it is necessary to punish the guilty. E.G. Aksakalyan ford crosses the river, sits by the fire on the bank. Winter, new buildings in Novy Urengoy, cars are driving along the road. The airfield, passengers board the MI-8 helicopter, among them E.G.Aksakalyan. E.G. Aksakalyan in the cabin of the helicopter. Land view from the helicopter window. E.G.Aksakalyan talks about his plans to continue the struggle.