In psychology, intellectualization is a defense mechanism where reasoning is used to block confrontation with an unconscious conflict and its associated emotional stress â where thinking is used to avoid feeling. It involves removing one's self, emotionally, from a stressful event.
Usually, due to the finesse necessary to keep one aircraft flying in a precise place relative to another, flying in tight formation uses more fuel than flying a mile or two apart. Military aircraft do not fly in formation for reasons of fuel, often they fly in formation to mutually support one another. With exceptions, every man flying has a wingman, and each of them is responsible for protecting one another and helping each other wherever they go.
You can't beat Mother Nature when it comes to flight design. Geese flying in V-shaped patterns are saving energy. Each bird uses the uplifting air coming off the bird in front of it. This makes flying easier. When the bird in front gets tired, it moves to the back. The next bird in line takes the lead. This is their formation on their long trip south.