NAAA Executive Director Andrew Moore discussed the safety concerns that ag pilots and other low-level aviators have about hard-to-see UAVs operating in the same airspace as them with the Columbia Radio News (CRN) network. The radio segment originally aired on CRN’s UptownRadio webcast last Friday and re-aired Monday on WBAI-FM in New York City.

UptownRadio is produced by the students of the Columbia University Journalism School and is similar in format to NPR’s All Things Considered. Moore’s views were one of a host of opinions heard during a 4:27 piece that examined the difficult task of balancing the advantages of commercial drone use and aviation safety concerns. It’s an interesting report that allowed NAAA to share the agricultural aviation industry’s perspective on UAVs with a big city audience. Give it a listen.