Ricky wrote:
As graduation and my career as an A&P (hopefully with paid flying
combined) draws nearer, which should be in August or slightly earlier,
I have been putting out some "feelers" for work. Who's nearby in
central Texas, what do they do, what would I make, benefits etc...

That's way better than the Cessna employees get. The employee flying
club appears to be a pretty good club but isn't subsidized like that.
Cessna will give you $1000 towards each rating you want though.

Now if Textron extended that offer over to other divisions.