EXHIBIT 24
SkyWest, Inc.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

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

	Know by these presents that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Jerry Atkin, Bradford Rich,
Eric Christensen and Lynn Rawlings, signing singly, her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned (i)
Forms ID, 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 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 __ day of October, 2006.

/s/ MARGARET S. BILLSON