Jerry C. Atkin (born February 27, 1949) is the

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SkyWest, Inc. SkyWest, Inc. () is the holding company for SkyWest Airlines, a North American regional airline, and an aircraft leasing company and is headquartered in St. George, Utah, United States. History Until 2005, SkyWest, Inc. was the holding compa ...

, which operates

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and (until January 2019)

ExpressJet Airlines ExpressJet Airlines was a regional U.S. airline headquartered in College Park, Georgia. The company originally operated as a contracted codeshare partner, flying under the American Eagle, Delta Connection and United Express brands at various p ...

. He helped consolidate the merger between ASA and SkyWest. Atkin joined the company in July 1974 as a member of the Board of Directors and the company's Director of Finance. He became the President and Chief Executive Officer the next year. He is on the

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. He was once regarded as "longest-tenured CEO in airline industry" for Skywest before stepping down in 2016 for Chip Childs to succeed on January 1, 2017. He and his wife Carolyn have four children. His son Ryan Atkin once worked for Oppenheimer in

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