A few of the guys in my A&P school that graduated got jobs working at theme parks as lead mechanics, which is the nice thing about it; it's so broad that you can go to different fields.
Another thing, I don't think in interviews for an A&P job you'll be asked "How many hours of riveting and turning wrenches have you done?" A good friend of mine that I work with on the avenger restoration is an A&P/IA and works for US Airways in Baltimore. He has his pilots certificates as well and was about to go fly for an airline, but he decided to stick with fixing the airplanes. While USA was furlouing pilots, they were at least keeping their mechanics. A company can live with fewer pilots, but they don't want to get rid of their mechanics.
The last thing as well, I'm not sure how long it will last, but a lot of the freight companies still have airplanes that require a flight engineer, but you need an A&P for that, that might be another way into a flying position. They have ride-along mechanics that stick with the airplane (at least at Kalitta) and they're barely allowed to get off the airplane to shower, but it's a good lifestyle, watching movies and playing Play Station a while riding on 747 around the world.
All the reasons above, plus I would like to have my own airplane and save money by doing my own maintenance, is why I'm going to go back and finish what I have left to get mine.