Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
No they can't. You can be a paying non-member. There were over a thousand US Airways pilots with this status prior to them de-certifying ALPA. There were a few ex-Western pilots flying at Delta with this status.
If you are a non-ALPA pilot because you are grandfathered in, that's one thing.
If you are a non-ALPA pilot because your pilot group throws ALPA out the door, that's one thing.
However - if you, as an individual pilot, refuse to pay your ALPA assessments, ALPA can place you in "poor standing" and eventually require the company to terminate you. Naturally, ALPA will not represent you at your termination hearing. It will not happen overnight, but it can happen if the LEC wants to force the issue.