Westminster's aviation school earns AABI accreditation.

Salt Lake City - WESTMINSTER COLLEGE'S aviation program in the BILL AND VIEVE GORE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS earned accreditation from the Aviation Accreditation Board International (AABI). The accreditation, along with a completely re-designed curriculum, will position Westminster's aviation students at the forefront of a changing industry.

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In the fall of 2011, Westminster's aviation program implemented curriculum changes in advance of an expected overhaul of federal regulations prompted by a deadly crash in Buffalo, NY. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently ruled that inadequate training contributed to the crash, which killed 50 people. Federal investigators found the pilots weren't properly trained to handle a flight warning, nor were they able to recover the plane once they lost control.

Westminsters flight operations program incorporated...