"C J Campbell" wrote in message ...

It makes more sense to do the multi then do the commercial in the multi
engine. The guys who say that you can do the cross countries in the single
and then do a multi add-on are only half right. Much of the cross country in
a single must be solo, but you can do it dual in a multi-engine, thus
meeting the requirements for dual training at the same time as the cross
country, cutting the total hours considerably. At your point, I would
recommend the multi-engine private and get the multi-engine instrument at
the same time -- you only have to add a couple of approaches to the check
ride. Then do all the commercial training in a multi-engine plane; it serves
as a complex airplane. Then go back and do the single-engine add-on. All you
have to do then is the single-engine maneuvers, no cross country and no
complex training.

How are you going to get the 10 hours of multi solo time required for
an initial commerical in a multi? Are there any FBOs that rent multi's
to non-rated pilots? You'll either need to do a private add on
checkride just to get the solo time or get signed off solo in the
multi but not find insurance. It seems easier to just get your private
commerical and then spend 10-15 hours in the twin for the add-on
checkride ( you don't need a private multi to take take the commerial
multi add-on checkride).

-Robert