Originally Posted by
The real Mike O
From Black's Law Dictionary:
The word "may" must be read in context to determine if it means an act is optional or mandatory, for it may be an imperative. The same careful analysis must be made of the word "shall." Non-lawyers tend to see the word "may" and think they have a choice or are excused from complying with some statutory provision or regulation.
When the "may" statement follows a "shall" statement the "may" becomes manditory.
In the case of Council 77 to allow the most members to attend and have a voice or UNITY the meeting shall (reading the context of the statement) be split.
Thanks for the legal advice. You're entitled to your opinion, I disagree with it. And since the meeting is going ahead as planned tomorrow, I'd say ALPA legal disagrees with you as well. I forgot, it's a conspiracy! Open the books, change we can believe in, etc! Perhaps if you guys had a real platform, people would take you seriously. Most of the DFW FO's I fly with don't take you guys seriously either.