Ashley Ringer is not just an early bird, she is a human lark. She gets up just after five, leaves the house less than an hour later and is normally the first person in the office at 6.30 a.m. As a lead engineer in GE Aviation’s Business & General Aviation (B&GA) division in Dayton, Ohio, Ringer likes to start work early. But the dawn starts were a way of life for Ringer long before she began at GE. “The wind is best at that time of the morning, so the flying is good.”
Mottier runs GE Aviation’s business and general aviation division, the unit responsible for aircraft engines and other technology for private and business planes. But he's also an accomplished pilot who has been flying for three decades.