Hi, all. I recently gave in and used some a-coins to buy a second squad preset. I should have read up about it first because I have found that they are not quite independent of each other. 

One problem is that matchmaking is not dependent on your active squad but all squads. See the post by admins on this topic - https://forum.plarium.com/en/mech-arena/702_game-discussion/1701706_how-do-i-play-lower-match-making/ .

The other issue is that pilots are not independent across squads. If I have a pilot with some implants in one squad, I can't use the same pilot with other implants in the other squad.

As a result I find I'm not really enjoying the squad presets feature. I hope there are plans to fix this eventually.