"Also, BA have just gone through all that hassle of creating SFG that to suddently chuck it just a month after it is finalised seems madness"
BACON was only a few moths old before...........
Recruitment continues because aircraft will still need to be flown trough and after the transition phase.
Longhaul not part of the deal - Operated by LHR based crew with existing crew transferred to LHR
Also, like BACON, pension of remaining LGW crew to be frozen and deferred helping to solve the pension problem