These CDL and air brake discussions always seem to go round and round in circles....
How about just leave it that you should contact your local department of motor vehicles and the state trooper or DOT enforcement folks to see what they say, how do the people who enforce them read the laws?
If you get pulled over and have some trouble then an excuse like this may not go over so well...
"Well officer, My friends on this Internet forum thing, some of them no less than 3,000 miles away, well you see.. they all seemed to say I'd be just fine driving my truck with the license I have...."
Grigg