James- what is this situation? You can edit P2 on FCP right now period. Is it as slick as Sony’s utility? No. But does it get the job done? Yes.
If Sony had not made their own utility there would be zero support for XDCAM HD in FCP so viewing this as a premium is off the mark. If you want things as robust as the Sony utility with P2- you need to buy HDLog. Asking Panasonic for free add-on software just because Sony provided something similar, but critical to the use of their gear for free is not really fair.
There’s rarely parity among competitors, if there were we’d all buy the same exact camera and there wouldn’t be a need for forums like this to make comparisons. And at any rate, you should be telling Apple what you really want because they make FCP, not Panasonic nor Sony.
Noah