Why not have instructors hook up intermediate students on a buddy-box - to give them stick time on whatever second plane the student wants to fly?

I own a hobby shop and although we don't use a buddy-cord, we will let anyone fly anything we carry, that is if they first get some stick time on our trainer first. Only been open a little over a year, but we have successfully trained a few dozen newbies in that time. Many have purchased more advanced aircraft (kits and arfs) of which we successfully helped them transition to. I'm sure there must be other hobby shop owners out there doing the same.

nascarjoe