His neighbours are 'gilding the lily' equating it to a jack hammer. BS.
The Spit sounds like any other Cherokee 6 on initial wind up, but is long gone after 10 seconds.
I gather he would commute in his quieter 172 and with an early departure, I'll bet the sleeping locals would not even be aware he had gone.
Not sure if he is Inst rated , so there would be many days when the wx would put a stop to getting off the ranges VFR anyway.
Anecdote...
When getting/ nominating a conservative use initially with his application ( bad move) TRC office person said they didnt really care how many flights a week he made.
OK change the application to show.. Oh no cant do that ...you'll have to re-apply...and fork out another few $s thousand.!!
New Council. New problem. Bureacrats Rule, OK