OK So I'm not totally crazy. I checked with Rudy who contacted Jon...
He stated that yes the R2LC, R4LC boards do start in FWD after a long power interruption after the initial neutral start up in conventional but the RCMC board will start in neutral after a prolonged power interruption all the time. This changed was made because of the feedback from this forum. I have yet to find a manaul though that states this.