AOPA Program Gets 10,000 Self-Grounded Pilots Flying Again

Aviator Kristy Kiernan
Credit: Kristy Kiernan
When her second daughter arrived, it was a foregone conclusion that she would stay put and enjoy her growing family. And so, after a dozen years as a U.S. Coast Guard aviator, Kristy Kiernan (see photo) exited her HU-25 Guardian for the last time, willingly exchanging cockpit callouts for baby...

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