TW,

My pilot certificate: ATP/MEL B-737 (no restrictions)

Yes, that's exactly how I interpreted example B. To me it seems like a "back-door" way of adding a "full" MEI...e.g. get a MEL/CLT, take the CFI ride in the 336, get the CLT removed from pilot certificate through training --> now I have a "full" MEI w/o demonstrating instructor skills in a "normal" ME aircraft.

Essentially I have completed the same steps (but different order)...got a ATP/MEL, "earned" my CFI ME/CLT. The rule reads as if taking a pilot (not instructor) checkride in a "normal" MEL I could have the CLT removed. To me it would make more sense that I'd have to fly an CFI ride to have the CLT deleted. Maybe that's what they intended, but just didn't word it clearly?

Don't mean to make a mountain out of a mole hill. I probably won't use my CFI in the traditional sense. I'm still AD, so I thought it was worth the time to take advantage of a good deal while it lasted!

Cubdrick