It's official...
Sort of.
I just asked yesterday about this very thing, when I was told that Zimex is still on track to take delivery of the very first DHC6-400 sometime next year.
Some of the drivers are already in a tizz thinking about dealing with that glass cockpit. I just grinned and told them "300 hours," what conventional wisdom says is the period it takes to become fully acclimated to flying with glass.
I had to do a short IR course using a DA-42 (Garmin 1000), when I read the book, re-read the book, took the book back to my room, put it under my pillow and slept that way, used a desk-top trainer and had a few hours in a sim but it was still downright fascinating to actually fly a small aircraft single-pilot, no autopilot using glass. Lots of little buttons there and lots of menus, sub-menus, sequential actions, different modes... a few wrong button pushes and you can find yourself deep, deep in the woods with the birds having eaten up your trail of crumbs.
I had my fun on the Dornier 328 (Honeywell Primus 2000), when the most commonly-heard phrase on the flight deck was "What's it doing now?"
The fun-loving Germans fitted the 328 with two (2) INDEPENDENT heading bugs, both meant to be kept synched to straight-ahead. If the PNF had neglected this small but important task then pushing the change-over button often resulted in an unwished-for change of direction and much momentary confusion. The non-German contingent often cursed this curious decision, wishing for a pair of slaved heading bugs. That said, the Twotter's single bug on the left-hand side is sub-optimal for the person flying from the right-hand seat unless he or she has arms like a gibbon.
Ah well, there must always be something to moan about!