Trent,
That was an absolute pearler.
Every little anti-Boeing reply I have to that pales in comparison and is therefore not funny.
Ando's pisstake was great too.
DK,
I would say that you should get the best of both worlds.
Who cares about how easy the transition is (maybe an extra 0.2 in the air???)? If you will be doing CPL in a Piper then do PPL in a Cessna or something else. Also ask yourself how many tickets you are going to get (Retrac, tailwheel etc); maybe that will convince you to look further afield to spend the same dough and get more bang! (Wish I'd done PPL in a taildragger but as boutique aircraft they were all too expensive; ie Cap 10, Chippy etc. I think that ACFT do it in a Scout or Decathlon.)
FRQ CB