Commercial ASEL and AMEL rides at the same time?

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?

Once you have the commercial multi, you don't need a complex airplane
at all for the commercial single. I did mine in a TriPacer. So there
would be no need for a combined ride. You could take the commercial
single in a non-complex airplane at any time after passing the
commercial multi. This is assuming it was in a complex multiengine
airplane - but I can only think of a few of those, and only the
Partenavia would be reasonable. The Lancer is disallowed, the Cessna
336 gets you a rating limited to centerline thrust, and the Islander
and Twin Otter are way too expensive.

The problem is that you have already taken the commercial single test
in a complex and failed it. Now there is a judgment call involved.
There is no rule that says that you can't continue the test in a non-
complex, but you ought to check with the DE and make sure he is OK
with it. If not, choose a different DE.

Michael