Originally Posted by
no_one
There are not that many new aircraft suited to the training market that have retracts these days. Even the aircraft aimed at the private pilot dont have retracts, look at the Cirrus, Cessna TTX. The performance penalty with well designed fairings isnt that great and the savings in insurance can pay for the extra fuel used....
There aren't many, but any flying school in the market for a brand new 'complex' type aeroplane cannot look past the current generation Piper Arrow. It ticks all the boxes and I am pretty sure Piper just about has the monopoly on this type of aircraft today with nothing similar offered by anyone else.