On Jul 28, 12:24 am, "Matt Johnson" wrote:
I recently took my commercial ASEL ride and must retake a few parts of the
practical portion, but the complex single I've been using is no longer
available to me. A CFI friend suggested that I could start my multiengine
training now, then take a combined ASEL/AMEL commercial ride, whereby the
complex requirement would be satisfied by the twin, and I could do the areas
I need to retake in a non-complex single. Is this permissible?

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Matt

Sure...gg you simply fail and feather one engine, do the failed
portions of your SEL test, and fire up the other engine and finish the
test for MEL.
I seriously doubt an examiner will be able to do it. You can't have
two engines or more and still call it a SEL.