Back in October 2016, researchers at George Mason University published a report on the peculiar distribution of airport noise complaints. The most lopsided figures came out of Reagan International Airport in Washington, DC, where authorities said a single individual was responsible for 6,500 complaints in 2015. Roberto Vittori is that individual. His dogged persistence single handedly increased the number of noise complaints in DC by a factor of five.

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