Exhibit 24

SkyWest, Inc.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

For Executing Forms ID, 3, 4 and 5, Schedule 13G and Schedule 13D

Know by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Michael J.
Kraupp, Bradford R. Rich, Eric J. Woodward, Darin Hafen and Gerri
Carter, signing singly, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(I)          execute for and on behalf of the undersigned (i)
Forms 10, 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto) which may
be required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, (ii)
Schedules 13G and 13D (including any amendments thereto) which may
be required to be filed in accordance with Sections 13(d) and
13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder, and (iii) any other forms
necessary to obtain or renew Securities and Exchange Commission
access codes, including but not limited to a CIK, a CCC, a
Password, a Password Modification Authorization Code, and a
Passphrase, as a result of the undersigned's position as an
officer or director of SkyWest, Inc. or ownership of or
transactions in securities of SkyWest, Inc.;

(2)         do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned,  which may be necessary or desirable, to
complete, execute and file any such Form ID, 3, 4 or 5 or Schedule
13G or 13D, or any forms necessary to obtain or renew such
Securities and Commission access codes; and

( 3)         take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that
the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall  be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-
in-fact may approve in his or her discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could  do
if  personally  present,  with  full  power  of  substitution  or
revocation,  hereby  ratifying  and confirming all that each such
attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.   The
undersigned acknowledges that each of the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section
16 or Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Photographic copies of this Power of Attorney shall have the same
force and effect as the original. This Power of Attorney shall
remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 or Schedules 13D or 13G with
respect to the undersigned's position as an officer or director of
SkyWest, Inc. or with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by SkyWest, Inc., unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

In WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 10 day of January, 2013.

/s/ J. Ralph Atkin
J. Ralph Atkin