What drivel...who is this man???!!
First of all, the word you are looking for is 'obsessive' not 'obsessor'.
Most of the great achievements in aviation would never have happened if analysts were completely in charge. Concorde. Comet.
This gem proves your theory, not disproves it - Concorde and Comet were both made by 'romantics' but were catastrophically uneconomic. Neither were 'great achievements' but total white elephants. The 747 happened because of Juan Trippe's vision - but it was the vision of an analyst not a romantic. He could see that the aircraft would make him a ton of money...