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The fall and rise of Skywest

The fall, the rise, the fall and finally the takeoff of Perth based Skywest Airlines is an extraordinary tale of incredible professionalism on the part of the airline’s staff in the face of ownership, boardroom and management traumas over the past six years.

The tale of Skywest is like the very popular 1920s Perils of Pauline silent movie serial – in which the term cliffhanger originated – as in each episode, the damsel in distress would find herself about to fall off the New Jersey Palisades where many episodes were filmed.