Given that the exec club is a FF club it doesn't seem that unusual to see it being aligned more to FF's who fly the most on BA. In the significant majority of cases I'm guessing it's UK based flyers who put more business BA's way.
The previous situation was the anomaly, not surprised nor unhappy to see it corrected.
P.s Nicci needs a big pay raise, trying to keep this thread updated with information for us in the midst of the emotive speculation must be more than painful.