I don't know if you could call it apples and oranges but RMA certainly did operate in a different era .He was also certainly a driven man as are most leaders and there were probably a lot of different facets to his personality.
He did however start one of the country's greatest enterprises and although we can argue as to who or what was to blame for the downfall of Ansett it is truly a pity and a sad one at that that Ansett is no longer around.