the local view sorts using windows shell, it must be based on the windows locale, i'll change the remote to sort using the windows locale and see if that makes a difference, keep an eye out for beta 9. i'll post it in a day or two.
An update has been posted that should resolve the problem, please try the new build located in this [URL2=http://forum.flashfxp.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2877]thread[/URL2]