iphone viewWillAppear not firing

navigationController:willShowViewController:animated:
navigationController:didShowViewController:animated:

[myViewController viewWillAppear:NO];

[self.navigationController pushViewController:<view> animated:<BOOL>];

[super viewWillAppear:animated];

[self.navigationController setDelegate:self];

- (void) viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillAppear:animated];

    [subNavCntlr viewWillAppear:animated];
}

- (void) viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [super viewWillDisappear:animated];

    [subNavCntlr viewWillDisappear:animated];
}

- (void)viewDidLoad {

    // This is the root View Controller
    rootTable *rootTableController = [[rootTable alloc]
                 initWithStyle:UITableViewStyleGrouped];

    subNavCntlr = [[UINavigationController alloc]
                  initWithRootViewController:rootTableController];

    [rootTableController release];

    subNavCntlr.view.frame = subNavContainer.bounds;

    [subNavContainer addSubview:subNavCntlr.view];

    [super viewDidLoad];
}

@interface navTestViewController : UIViewController <UINavigationControllerDelegate> {
    IBOutlet UIView *subNavContainer;
    UINavigationController *subNavCntlr;
}

@end

[tabBarController viewWillAppear:NO];
[tabBarController viewDidAppear:NO];

[navBarController viewWillAppear:NO];
[navBarController viewDidAppear:NO];

window
    UITabBarController (subclass of)
        UIViewController (subclass of) // <-- manually calls [navController viewWill/DidAppear
            UINavigationController (subclass of)
                UIViewController (subclass of) // <-- still receives viewWill/Did..etc all the way down from a tab switch at the top of the chain without needing to use ANY delegate methods

- (void)transitionFromViewController:(UIViewController*)aFromViewController toViewController:(UIViewController*)aToViewController