Ponga, although the topic of people out of status and this "pilot program" was what triggered the discussion, it actually turned into a general implied status one. todare's lawyer apparently said (to my understanding) that implied status isn't really a legal status and that you have to renew your visitor visa as even with an OWP application you do not get implied status for the whole duration of the wait, both of which statements are actually wrong.
As to this pilot thing, we'll obviously have 3 categories applying for an OWP: people with an active visitor status (through extensions), people with an implied status (through them having sent an OWP application with their sponsorship) and people without any status at all. The first 2 categories will obviously share the same rules, we'll have to wait on what happens with the 3rd I guess.