"Ansett made 190 million dollar profit the year before ANZ got hold of it
Tell me, What had it made in the years before that? Might I suggest another News Corp manipulation of the books to make it look good for any prospective purchaser. Not to far different to what they did here in NZ with Ansett NZ.
News Corp raped and pillaged Ansett.
You guys (N-BW, Chocks away, The Green Goblin, Sand dune Sam etc) need to look in your own backyard to find many of the causes of Ansetts demise. I'm not denying that Brierley and Co had some impact but there were much bigger Australian factors.
Chocks Away
I agree whole heartedly with the second part of your post re Maquarie