Indeed, and it doesn't help that the Air Squadrons are treated differently from the ground formations in the sense that the "ideal role" doesn't serve as a bypass to the formation requirements (such as minimum movement speed, damage in range brackets, size, ect in accordance with ASCE116) and instead the ideal role is the only requirement to meet the formation requirements.
I assume there is no intention of expanding air formations requirements in the future (otherwise the battle lance seems to be the clear winner for air formations)?