It remains a pity that the ops and certification folks don't have coffee often enough to get a straight story on this and other subjects
Interesting you stated that as I had the same thought while at a recent flight test certification seminar. Certification guys had no idea of the relevant changes via Part 61. FOIs etc I spoke to in the crew room (so-called by the presenter - others might call it a lunch room) were intrigued by our group and wondered what it was all about then expressed a keen interest in participating in a future one. But they need a special seminar - not the current rules but all of the differing certification standards that apply to aircraft in current use.
People seem to latch on to just one part of cert reqts applicable at one point in time. eg normal category spin - one turn to recover after a spin of one turn - nope, it may actually be much longer from a spin aggravated by gross mishandling.