Not-So-High Fliers By Marion Halftermeyer on May 17, 2014 Allied Pilots Association, ALPA, buffalo, captain, debt, first officer, flights, flying, low salary, Marion Halftermeyer, minimum wage, New York City, pay, pilots, regional airline pilots, wage On the Edge, The Global City, Two New Yorks, What's New? Pilots make big bucks, right? Wrong. Many regional airline pilots survive on little more than the minimum wage