Ken Ashworth, Vice President Maintenance and Engineering Ken Ashworth is vice president of Maintenance and Engineering for Atlantic Southeast Airlines. In this position, he holds primary responsibility for strategic planning and direct oversight of ASA’s Maintenance and Engineering division, including the operation of seven ASA maintenance facilities and responsibility for aircraft maintenance, engineering, quality control, production control, technical training and materiel. Ashworth began his commercial airline industry career in 1980 as a mechanic at SkyWest Airlines in St. George, Utah. Since then, he has held positions as a Maintenance controller and Maintenance inspector. In 1996, Ashworth became the director of Maintenance at SkyWest. In that role, he was directly involved in strategic and tactical planning efforts that elevated SkyWest Airlines’ overall reliability to be among the best in the industry. |