Originally Posted by
emsgoof
Not to be an ass, but why? You're learning in a twin. If you're going to rent one, the place you're renting from (if they're any good) is going to require a checkout in the aircraft. If it has levers and you can't figure it out, then they aren't going to let you fly.
I'm pretty sure insurance companies aren't going to say "Okay, go have fun" once a person buys a twin right off either. They're going to want proof of training on that type of aircraft, levers or not.
We have a saying in the fire department... 100 years of tradition unimpeded by progress...
I'll give you a good reason. I don't want to be on board when a multi-engine rated pilot says "I've only flown a DA-42." While most of us have trained at one point or another in a plane with constant speed props, there is a real possibility that the next generation of pilots trains in a Cirrus, then maybe a TwinStar and then goes for a checkout somewhere in a Seminole, etc for MEI or time building.