SkyWest Inc. announced that Chip Childs, the company's current President, will succeed Jerry Atkin as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2016. Childs was also elected to the SkyWest Inc. Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2016. Atkin will continue actively serving the company as SkyWest Inc. Chairman of the Board.

Childs was named President of SkyWest Inc. in 2014. He joined SkyWest in 2001 and became Vice President – Controller later that year. He served as SkyWest Airlines President and Chief Operating Officer from 2007 to 2014.