Sorry Legs - I'm under pain of having to buy a full round if I spill the beans
Yes -It all sounds rather upside down/inside out doesnt it. The only people who I could think of doing the radar remotely would be NATS at EGCC or the washing machine factory at Warton, however in both cases, I reckon that they'd charge a stack of cash for doing it and probably have better things to do anyway.
I dont know the sordid details of the contract changeover, but I think they were going to go for a dispensation with regard to MER.
I know that there are hardly any fixed wing movements, but the residents of South Yorkshire keep the police helicopter well utilised