Dylan Smith writes:

That's incorrect, too. During a formation flight, there will be some
communication between the formation members even when ATC is involved.

Are there a lot of GA and commercial formation flights in the air?

That's a bit like saying that smoking flying out of the back of an
aircraft should not necessarily be considered abnormal because a few
acrobatic flying teams use it.

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