In reply to Frankie Jarrett.

I'm working with several custom statuses at the moment with a plugin I'm building. It's a pain in some ways because of the lackluster API. However, it has given me some time to build some really cool stuff for my own plugin and given me ideas about where I'd like to see core go. Tying them into specific post types and capabilities has been both frustrating and fun.

Shoot me an email if you want to look at how I'm working with custom caps.