Metering issue between FCP and STP

Hello folks,
I'm having an issue when I export a piece of audio from FCP to STP. Once it is in STP, I normalize it up to 0 db. When this is complete, the meters peak in the 0 db range. When I save and return that same piece of audio back to FCP, it will now peak at -12 db. I'm unsure of why there is a discrepency in the meters. Why does it say 0 db in one program and -12 db in the other? I'm not sure what I'm missing and was curious to know if others have had this issue as well.
Mac 2.0 G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4) FCP Studio
Mac 2.0 G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4) FCP Studio

Yes the meters are all wonky in STP. My guess is that whoever designed them does not know the first thing about audio post production or digital metering and work flow between formats.
If Final Cut Pro uses -12dbfs as their reference instead of sony -20 standard then so be it, but broadcast standard is -20dbfs = 0dbm
It looks like they have taken the -12dbfs = 0dbm and included it into the meters in STP. So they are no longer using the -12 ref correctly and are not actually Digital Full Scale Meters but an entirly NEW kind of meter that Apple has design for the purpose of?
So a REAL -12db full scale signal shows as 0db full scale in these meters what ever they are. Not rational or useful. Plus the balistics are from outer space. You cannot seem to tell how close you are to the imginary O reference they are using.
I repeat: A REAL - 12DB Full Scale signal, shows as 0db Full Scale in these meters adding to an already confusing hodge podge of digital references.
Minor discrepency
So if you want to master your audio close to 0db full scale for DVD you will have to use a different program as 0dbfs does not exist on these meters! So when you hit +12db on these meters the signal is actually 0dbfs on ANY OTHER FULL SCALE DIGITAL METER IN THE WORLD.
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