Possible bug: Stage rotates during startup sequence

Hi,
I'm almost ready to submit an iPad app to Apple but have an issue with the stage rotating during startup. My app is configured to use landscape mode, fullscreen turned on, auto-orient turned off, selected device iPad.
When yo launch the app it shows the default png correctly in landscape mode, then rotates it briefly to portrait before snapping back to lanscape again when the app has fully launched.
I tried a suggested workaround using
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.EXACT_FIT;
That didn't seem to make any difference. I also tried
stage.addEventListener( StageOrientationEvent.ORIENTATION_CHANGING, onOrientationChanging );
public function onOrientationChanging( event:StageOrientationEvent ):void { event.preventDefault(); }
but again this made no difference.
Any help appreciated. This problem is preventing me from submitting to Apple as I do not believe they would let this pass.
An earlier app of mine for iPhone which was packaged using an earlier (a very early, as in before year's MAX early) version of the packager did not exhibit this behaviour.
Stefan

thanks again. The initial issue is now resolved by using the addtional Default images. For some reason I've never seen this mentioned before, maybe it's because the Adobe docs mainly focus on iPhone.
I've still got one remaining issue which the user in another post also witnessed and that is one where the stage briefly seems to resize to a samller size, then flicking back to normal size. This happens at the exact same time where previously the rotation has shown up. It's not a huge issue but annoying nevertheless. I'm also concerned that Apple will pinpoint issues like this upon submission.
Any advise?
Stefan

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