Ua hoʻolaha ʻo SkyWest, Inc. i kēia lā i ke koho ʻana iā Michael K. Young i ka papa alakaʻi o SkyWest, Inc. a me kāna mau lālā, ma ka lā 1 Iulai 2009. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Young e hoʻopiha i nā hakahaka e hana ʻia me ka haʻalele ʻana o W . ʻO Steve Albrecht, nāna i haʻi aku iā SkyWest i kona manaʻo e haʻalele ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokele o SkyWest, Inc., SkyWest Airlines, Inc., a me Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc., ma ka lā 30 o Iune 2009.
ʻO Young ka pelekikena 14 o ke Kulanui o Utah i kēia manawa. Ma mua o kona koho ʻia ʻana ma ke Kulanui o Utah, he dean ʻo ia no ke kula ʻo George Washington University Law School (1998-2004). Ma mua o kēlā, ʻo ia ke kumu aʻoaʻo Fuyo o ke kānāwai Iapana a me nā ʻoihana kānāwai a me ka luna o ka Center of Japanese Legal Studies a me ka Center for Korean Legal Studies ma Columbia University (1978-1998). Ma ka hooponopono ana a ka Peresidena George HW Bush, ua lawelawe oia ma ke ano he elele no Trade and Environmental Affairs a he hope ma lalo o ke kakauolelo o ka moku'āina no Economic Affairs ma ka US Department of State. Ua lawelawe pū ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he lālā o ke Kōmike no ka International Judicial Relations of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
Ua ʻike nui ʻia ʻo Pelekikena Young no kāna hana hoʻonaʻauao a me kāna kākoʻo ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā pono kanaka honua. He puka puka ʻo ia ma ke Kulanui ʻo Brigham Young (BA, 1973) a me ke Kula Law Harvard (JD, 1976) kahi i lawelawe ai ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoponopono leka no ka Harvard Law Review. Ma hope o kona puka 'ana mai ke kula kānāwai, ua lawelawe 'o ia ma ke 'ano he kakauolelo loio no ka Lunakanawai Hoa William H. Rehnquist o ka Aha Kiekie o US.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jerry C. Atkin, ka luna hoʻomalu a me ka Luna Nui o SkyWest, Inc., "Mahalo mākou iā Steve Albrecht no kāna mau haʻawina waiwai ʻoiai e lawelawe ana ma ka papa alakaʻi a makemake mākou iā ia i kāna hoʻoikaika ʻana e lawelawe i kāna halepule no nā makahiki ʻekolu e hiki mai ana. Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hoʻohui ʻana o Michael Young i kā mākou papa alakaʻi akamai. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou ʻo kona ʻike nui i ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka ʻike pili kānāwai e lawe mai i ka nui o ka papa, a ke kakali nei mākou i kāna mau haʻawina i ka hui SkyWest.
