"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
om...
I wonder if this is something new.

Huh?

We used to do double commercials by
giving all the training in a C310 and a C140. After stepping out of
the C310 with a new hand written CP-MEL ticket, the examiner and
student would hope into the C140 taildragger and do lazy eights etc
and end up with CP-MSEL.

As near as I can tell, the situation you describe is exactly what CJ is
suggesting the original poster do. By getting the multi-engine commercial
first, a fixed-gear aircraft may be used for the single-engine commercial.

Pete