Avid editor straches head...subclips again

Question

This is maybe a logging q/workflow q/
...Let me start by saying, as an AVID fan and editor of nearly a decade, FCP5 HD is amazing in so many ways. Pick up in the UK is hopfully improving with the BBC and others investing.
I used FCP last year on a HD 50 min US Discovery Channel doc and I had a love/hate relationship. Certain aspects of the app were just so good (timeline editing, composting, etc). Some however were woeful. I am not going to try and compare Avid with FCP but I must admit to maybe having a legacy workflow that doesn't always translate. I am sure that as FCP works its way into the pro end of the market there will be many other Avid editors scratching their heads. Now I'm on another (my 2nd) FCP project and I'm concerned...
One of the issues that KILLS me is subclips, and PLEASE DON"T SAY THAT YOU SHOULD CAPTURE YOUR CLIPS LOGGED ALREADY. We don't capture our clips, assistants load the tape and we view when its all in , maybe a week later if there's 25 tapes, whatever.
There's no way that they're gonna pay your edit rate to sit in a suite with a director and view tapes, spool, capture, etc. if there's hours of footage. And a director who's worked on Avid for years isn't going to give exact clip info to the digitiser, it'll be like, 'go in there and out 25 mins later')
So now thats out the way, let's see if you can help me out.
Say we have a 30 min clip with GVs, IVs, and CA.
Normally I subclip each q/a in the IV, each GV and each CA, etc.
Then I may stick them in multiple bins, or not. Depends on the project. Some time later I come back , and edit them into a sequence and the director says, there's a great shot a few minutes up tape of that shot on the timeline. So I want to reference the original clip. I matchframe (f) the timeline clip, the viewer loads the subclip. Then I reveal master clip (SHIFT f), an option that is sometimes greyed out for various confusing reasons. That shows me the subclip in the assigned bin. But how do i track back to the the original clip without using the Find command?
In Avid its Matchframe twice and you've loaded the original clip. It always relates back. Not so in FCP.
Lets say also that I want to trim a subclip beyond its in or out, I have to remove subclip limits. Next time I load that subclip, its the entire clip. so the subclip is redundant, its just a renamed version of the original clip. Is there another way to trim the subclip beyond its limits WITHOUT blowing the subclip i/o points? Same applies to adding a dissolve, etc, or anything that needs to reference media beyond the original subclip i/o points.
I think I posted about this before and I had replies suggesting that I had to be more careful choosing i/o points for subclips. Well, i thought this was non linear, random access, non destructive editing. I can do this basic editing technique in Avid versions going back as long as I can remember, why not on FCP 5? Or does FCP really need me to modify my workflow?
Thanks and apologies for the frustrated tone.

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Say we have a 30 min clip with GVs, IVs, and CA. Normally I subclip each q/a in the IV, each GV and each CA, etc.< </div>
This must be Euro-Avid-speak. My fault. I have never used Avid and never learned anything besides high school Spanish, so translation is necessary.
One of the issues that KILLS me is subclips, and PLEASE DON"T SAY THAT YOU SHOULD CAPTURE YOUR CLIPS LOGGED ALREADY. We don't capture our clips, assistants load the tape and we view when its all in , maybe a week later if there's 25 tapes, whatever.<
Well, i thought this was non linear, random access, non destructive editing. I can do this basic editing technique in Avid versions going back as long as I can remember, why not on FCP 5? Or does FCP really need me to modify my workflow?< </div>
Then you may need to face the unfortunate prospect that you simply will not be able to use FCP in your work. Or you adapt; FCP will never work like your old Avid.
I do have one—possibly helpful—suggestion (besides asking that you purchase the "FCP for ex-Avid users" books that are on the market). Comparing FCP to Avid gets you two things around here: Views from other Avid users (a decidedly small minority around here) and active avoidance. You might get some help from a larger body of the forum's participants by asking about subclips instead of telling us why they blow. We know that part, subclips in FCP are poorly implemented. That's why I try to never use them.
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