I am not sure that just sacking the ringleaders and giving the others a warning is enough. They will just organise an official strike to protect the ringleaders. They all need sacking and then replacing. Yes it would mean a hell of a lot of disruption for a relatively long time, but this needs sorting. It's either now, or sometime in the future when our customers are so peeved that they have stopped flying with us. I'd rather get it sorted now and perhaps retain the customers. People will only take this kind of unplanned disruption so many times. It is not fair for us to keep putting them through it like this!
If I EVER see another member of cabin crew being kind enough to give a bus driver a newspaper, or a snack/beverage off the aircraft again, I am going to kick off. They deserve absolutely nothing in my opinion!