.... , ahhhhh, jim lad (ot's real name is james), this is bull the pirate pilot and I'm ready, willing and able to partake of formation flying as one of the essential jackoffs" replied bull on the ctaf frequency (while capital letter challenged, bull can be a little verbose at times, which is one of the reasons that the coffee lady at the hospital gave him the flick ["just do it" she would say, but he'd always want to discuss it is detail & at length]).
OT is a patient soul, so he throttled back and held the formation straight and level to give bull time to climb into position (OT was at 2,500 ft agl so it should have only taken less than a minute for bull & his jackoff to reach that level after takeoff).
Onesie waited & waited, and .....