One tactic is to ask a noise complainer:
"Do you wish to make a formal complaint. If you do, you must disclose to any potential future purchaser of your property that you have had occasion to make complaints about aircraft noise in the past. This may have a negative effect on the value of your property and non-disclosure may constitute an offence. Do you still wish to make a formal complaint?"
Re. the Tchermans moaning about ac noise, some years ago the locals near Wildenrath learned that the Harriers were going to Gutersloh, to be replaced by the F4. They decided to mount a campaign - and wrote to the mayor of the nearby Dutch town just over the border to enlist his support. Came the reply "We accept the need for NATO military aircraft to operate at Wildenrath. Noisy as the Harrier and F4 are, we prefer the sound of either to the sound of the Stuka"...........
....and on the roof of that Viet Taff farmer's barn, it said "Pi$$ off Biggles"!