We all have the right to strike. But we don't have the right to hold thousands of passengers to ransom over the dates. This is a dispute between the union and the management, and since BALPA already knows the strike dates witholding them in the belief that such action provides a tactical advantage is naive and short-sighted. Easter is a month away, and thousands have holidays booked. Spoiling them, or failing to give enough notice to allow alternative arrangements to be made will win no friends and gain no sympathy.