Thanks Kim.
Yes, in fact my comment about the "pardon" was based on my review of that AD. And for posterity, it can be found at
http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Gu...F?OpenDocument .
I think it might have been you that made mention of it back in O2 (pun intended). In any case, I was wondering what the specific change might have been to those later models, in case anyone might know.