Formation
LFH et al - hang about there! In the halcyon days of gold plated syllabi (before SAFT), lots of students (and FTS's), close formation was always taught on the JP ( the single engine option), but there was none at all on the Varsity Course (AFT) even tho' we had lots of dented Varsitys as well. There was none taught on the Shack OCU (MOTU) although I was shown it on a staff training sortie. The first formation handling sortie came on the Squadron as a co-pilot, and even some of the captains hadn't done any either.
So things haven't really changed that much regards formation