-What's the availability on the aircraft you are currently checked out on?
Generally, very good. There would certainly be no point in me getting checked out on additional types just to get better access to aircraft. The club I'm currently in only has PA28's.
- Do you need to get checked out on a different type due to some unique ability/characteristic of that type, which you don't have on your current types?
It's not so much "need" as it is a desire to learn more - it'd be interesting to learn to fly something with a tailwheel, or high wings (Cessna), or a more advanced single with retractable gear and non-fixed prop, etc. The PA28's I currently fly are all very much the same.
The question is not so much really whether I am going to get myself acquainted out on other types of aircraft, but whether I should spend some more time flying PA28's to improve my skills before taking on something "new". I currently have 59 hours flight time.
- How many hours do you fly?
Since I only passed my skills test just recently I'm not sure, but I'm aiming for something like 20 hrs/year.