You've pretty much hit the nail on the head there MUFC fan. Around 12 months ago FR indicated that they wanted to open up a base at MAN but there are certain things that they want from the airport before they consider this. One of those being that they'd rather operate from what would effectively be a 'shed' with virtually no facilities, no fancy decorations, using all remote stands. And hence paying less charges! Of course MAplc won't go for this because they want to maximise revenue through as many shops, bars and restaurants as they can possibly squeeze into the terminals. So the new plans for T3 are effectively a compromise. T1 & T2 are both going through massive overhauls at the moment and will benefit from better passenger facilities once the works have finished. T3 won't see development on anything like the same scale and will be more suited to FR and of course the likes of bmibaby, EasyJet and Jet2.