Change Default Surround Sound Audio Mapping

Anyone know if there is a way to change the default surround sound audio mapping in Premiere CS6?
For example, when working with six mono channels being sent to a 5.1 submix. I manually set where each of the six go (front left, front right, center, lfe, rear left, rear right). Then I route that 5.1 submix to go to a stereo submix so that I can hear the downmixed audio in my laptop speakers. When my project is exported to a video file, I turn off the last step of routing the 5.1 submix to the stereo submix, so the file has all six channels of audio in their proper place. When I change the 5.1 submix to feed the master output, I get the option to re-select where each surround element should end up in the master output. In our production facility, we have surround in the order I mentioned previously. I noticed that Premiere has the front, then rears, and then center and lfe listed. It is annoying to have to re-select my surround preferences everytime I switch between monitoring the stereo downmix and the surround output.
Any way to change what Premiere sees as the proper order for surround sound channels? I know there's the audio option to change mapping, but when working on a laptop, you only get the left and right speaker, no surround settings there.

that's tied into our entire facility audio spec, and every video file we have would have to change audio mapping, in addition to re-wiring a lot of air-chain devices.
In broadcasting, it seems like it's more common to do surround sound the way we're doing it: L, R, C, LFE, Ls, Rs. I understand why some might want to do it another way, which is why it would be nice to be able to change it and leave it a certain way. I know I can submit a feature request, I'm just trying to find out if anyone knows how to do it already.

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