Would think taking in the OC's of 6xx, 6xx, 6xx to Syerston and telling them they are being folded into one site would be far simpler than grounding every aircraft, stopping cadets from gliding for 18 months, drafting in many engineers, letting recovery contracts then doing exactly the same in the end anyway.
JM sat the board in front of a diverse range of 1* & 2* with the other candidates for the job. He must have told them something good wasn't just shoehorned in by mates rates.