To be fair, it wasn't NPAS that closed down GMP's fixed wing, it was the GMP CC, at great inconvenience and cost to NPAS who had been relying on the GMP staff and PAOC to run the trial. What with that, the RAF's refusal to let them work autonomously at Benson (so limited ops at night and weekends), GMP suddenly cancelling the pilot contract and staff (understandably) looking for new jobs, and teething problems with the new aircraft / equipment, it eventually made sense to move it back to Manchester.