EXHBIT 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 Jerry Atkin and Bradford Rich and Eric Christensen and Lynne
Rawlings, signing singly, his 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 the Power of
        Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
        conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in his 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 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 _______________, 200_.


                                                /S/ BRADFORD R. RICH
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