Multicam flattening issue

Hi !
I'm experiencing a weird bug/behavior while flattening my multicam sequence.
Here is my "workflow" :
- I create a multicam sequence by selecting the angles and the audio in the project panel. At this step, the cameras are in the wrong order.
- Instead of moving the tracks in the multicam sequence, i open it in the source view, and choose "change cameras" (I'm french, i don't konw the exact translation for this function)
- I edit my sequence.
When i try to flatten it, the order of the cameras set previously in the source view is skipped, and the "flatten function" uses the track number of the sequence to replace the edit.
Before submitting a bug report, i want to know if somebody has experienced this problem yet. Is it a normal behavior ? (In my opinion, it shouldn't be) Is there a workaround ?
Thanks.
(I'm on the latest version of Premiere Pro CC (7.2.1), Mac os x 10.9.2)

- Instead of moving the tracks in the multicam sequence, i open it in the source view, and choose "change cameras"
Huh?

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