Nonsense. Digging up and destroying or upsetting the earth is not the same as an airplane passing overhead.
Digging in the earth doesn't equal destroying, and flying overhead isn't necessarily free of consequence. Not even bothering with noise pollution, it leaves behind jet smoke and has the potential to rattle things off the walls, break windows, etc.
I'm not saying they are exactly equal, but anybody who thinks he can draw bright lines that make perfect sense and are always applicable in every circumstance is fooling themselves.