Ford Prefect, I will agree that not all private pilots are jerks. I went in to talk to Jorgensen's when they were in business and they were very accomodating, told me that they would ask their pilots to not circle my house. The Jepsen aeronautical maps show an R with a circle around it and I'm believing that means it's okay to circle. But my area is built up so much now that it should be changed. What used to be farmland is now subdivisions.
The folks who took over for Jorgensens, Safety something or other? are also very understanding and have said they wouldn't circle. So you're right, most pilots listen. But Rudy Rudolph has also mentioned int he past that there are pilots who blow him off when he tells them of complaints. (mind you, I"m not the only one who complains...just one of many).
But..as you note, all it takes is one or three bad apples to pee off the poor schmo on the ground being used as a VORTAC to paint all of you with the same brush.
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