Wait. It gets even better. Skywest employees can now designate two eligible friends (one if married and a spouse already designated). So let me put this in perspective. A 1 year Skywest flight attendant can designate her cousin's sister's boyfriends ex-wife's son-in-law as a travel eligible, and that guy goes ahead of my Companions ON OUR OWN AIRPLANE.
I realize that there are much bigger fish to fry here, but it just goes to show you how big the Skywest tumor on our brain has grown