Nominating and Corp. Governance

Purpose of Committee

The primary purposes of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of SkyWest, Inc. (the “Company”) are to identify individuals qualified to serve as members of the Board and its committees, to develop and recommend to the Board a set of corporate governance principles applicable to the Company and to provide oversight of the corporate governance affairs of the Board and the Company.  The Committee shall report to the Board on a regular basis and not less than once a year.

Committee Membership

The Committee shall consist solely of at least three directors of the Company, each of whom shall be “independent” under the rules of The NASDAQ Stock Market (“Nasdaq”). 

Members of the Committee shall be nominated by the Committee and appointed by the Board.  Members shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and for such terms as the Board may determine.

Committee Structure and Operations

The Committee shall designate one member of the Committee as its Chair.  In the event of a tie vote on any issue, the Chair’s vote shall decide the issue.  The Committee shall meet in person or telephonically at least twice a year at a time and place determined by the Chair, with further meetings to occur when deemed necessary or desirable by the Committee or the Chair.

General Committee Duties and Responsibilities

1. The Committee shall develop and recommend to the Board a set of Corporate Governance Guidelines and provide oversight of the corporate governance affairs of the Board and the Company.
2. The Committee shall periodically review the Board leadership structure and size of the Board to assess whether it is appropriate given the specific characteristics and circumstances of the Company and make recommendations to the Board from time to time as to changes that the Committee believes to be desirable to the size of the Board and leadership structure.
3. The Committee shall identify individuals believed to be qualified to become directors, and  recommend to the Board the nominees to stand for election as directors at the annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders or, if applicable, at a special meeting of the Company’s shareholders.  In the case of a vacancy in the office of a director (including a vacancy created by an increase in the size of the Board), the Committee shall recommend to the Board an individual to fill such vacancy either through appointment by the Board or through election by the Company’s shareholders.  In nominating candidates, the Committee shall take into consideration such factors as it deems appropriate, consistent with the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.  The Committee may consider candidates proposed by management, but is not required to do so.
4. The Committee shall identify directors qualified to fill vacancies on any committee of the Board (including the Committee) and recommend that the Board appoint the identified member or members to the respective committee.  In nominating a candidate for committee membership, the Committee shall take into consideration the factors set forth in the charter of the applicable committee, if any, as well as any other factors it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, the consistency of the candidate’s experience with the goals of the committee and the interplay of the candidate’s experience with the experience of other committee members.  The Committee shall also identify directors qualified to be the Lead Director and the Chairs of the Board’s committees and will recommend that the Board appoint the identified directors as the Lead Director and the Chair of the respective Board committees.  The Committee shall also identify the director qualified to be the Company’s Financial Expert and will recommend that the Board designate the identified director as the Company’s Financial Expert.  
5. The Committee shall make recommendations to the full Board on director compensation consistent with the rules promulgated by Nasdaq.
6. The Committee shall establish procedures for the Committee to exercise oversight of the evaluation of the Board and the Company’s management.
7. The Committee shall periodically report to the Board on the status of professional development and succession planning for the Company’s senior executives, including policies and principles regarding succession of the Chief Executive Officer.
8. The Committee shall maintain minutes or other records of its meetings and make regular reports to the Board (at least annually) of the Committee’s work.
9. The Committee shall consider questions of possible conflicts of interest of directors and nominees, as such questions arise.  Additionally, the Committee will regularly review situations in which a director has an outside position giving rise to fiduciary duties that may potentially conflict with his or her duties to the Company.
10. If  a director resigns or retires from his or her primary position of employment (including a director serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Company) or materially changes his or her primary employment, the Committee shall review the continued appropriateness of his or her service as a director in light of the change in position and the circumstances of the Company, and shall recommend to the Board the appropriateness of the director’s resignation from the Board.
11. The Committee shall periodically review, and provide oversight with respect to, the Company’s strategy, initiatives, policies and risks concerning environmental and social matters.