AIBU to still feel shaken after drunk men made vile comments on Wizz Air flight?

I’m so sick of this shit. Everywhere we turn. And the minimising by previous posters is a wee bit frustrating too. Drunk men are the worst. The laughing and arm touching just illustrates these men don’t think women and children deserve respect, we’re just not equal humans to them.
I hope the airline responds, and tracks down these cretins.

I don’t see how it can possibly be ridiculous to be upset about 3 drunk men laughing and joking about raping a child 😕

That said you’ve reported it so I guess you’ve done all you can do so maybe try not to dwell on it to much

As a poster mentioned way back Wizz isn't a UK airline so the UK CAA have limited powers here , other than CAA Flight Ops inspectors maybe giving Wizz cabin crew a hard look at and maybe a grilling on policy regarding alcohol and/or crew experience levels during a UK ramp check (that's a spot check sometimes done on foreign airliners during turnrounds).

As far as manifests go, similar problem - not a UK airline.

I don't know Wizz's rules but I certainly wouldn't assume a detailed manifest with exact seat/pax allocation must exist x days or x week post flight completion, and since the OP claims people moved seats even if a manifest could be found it might be meaningless.

YANBU OP. I wouldn't be able to let it go, it's the sort of thing that would eat away at me. Personally, I would be making a nuisance of myself to the airline until someone replied to me - emailing/calling their HQ.

Have the police made a formal request for the manifest? If they have and it's been ignored, have they applied for a court order? I would also be pestering them regularly.

I would also be lodging complaints with the aviation Ombudsman (can't remember what they're called), and with the UK Civil Aviation Authority as staff serving that amount of alcohol is a safety issue.

Lastly, I would broadcast it on social media, along with flight details, tagging Wizz airlines in it.

The thought of that bunch of c*s getting away with something like that about my child is unbearable.

APP said why bother reporting them, being obnoxious isn't a crinme?

No, but being drunk and disorderly is.
Harassment is.
Assault (doesn't require physical contact) is.

I.was saying I think it wouldn't have got to that point had OP been firmer/ clearer , if she had said something to them.

Thanks for the explanation OP, I did wonder why you wouldn't have at the least been able to move to the seats they vacated, but totally understand why you wouldn't have wanted to end up in the middle of even more people like them.

I’d have shown him up to the entire plane with my phone pointing in his face. This is absolutely sickening. I’m so sorry OP. Your way of getting your daughter away asap is probably better than mine but the whole world would have known who he was if it was me. What a disgusting man.

I don’t think people no longer doing the job will get involved. They will refer you to current minister or you own MP at best.

@morello1 try the Whizz air info profiles screenshots I posted up thread

I’m a bit out of date - she was the safeguarding minister and was very high profile. She left the government over a point of principle in May. Since then you’ve had Natalie Fleet MP — May to July 2026, followed by Satvir Kaur MP. I’d tweet all of them.

Why Jess Phillips?

I am disgusted , I would have wanted to kill them, but I think getting the clearly inexperienced ?? Staff involved could have made your child very frightened.
I hold air crew totally responsible for escalating these situations by continuing to serve alcohol, why does anyone need to drink it on a flight anyway?
But I think I would have to find a way to move on, sadly in a world of mostly i hope good people there are some total scum who now and then cross your path.
I hope though that behind the scenes someone may think this is serious enough to look into.

Yes me too. I’d be tempted to actually contact the press. You can probably say you don’t want to use your name or photo.

Crying is just a reaction. It doesn't mean people are falling apart or weak. OP was clearly shocked and angry and it needed to come out somewhere.

I don't cry, I get get angry in situations like this, which isn't very helpful either, but it's a fight or flight response.

There's being drunk idiots and theres 'joking' about raping a 9 year old girl. I think you have to be a certain kind of person to find that funny, drunk anf trying to imoress your mates with your 'edgy' and 'dark humour' or not.

I hope I would have asked very loudly if he's saying he's a paedophile.

Where have I blamed her? They made a highly inappropriate comment, I don’t disagree. I just do not see why people think it’s a police matter. As a mother, if this had happened to me I would have been furious but would not have cried in front of my DD as that would have upset her more.

I think you made the right call, I'd want my kids away from them as well

Did no one else on the flight hear this and say something?!

Exactly right.

Straight onto their X/Twitter page, Instagram, the works.

I would @ the CEO, COO, all of them. I would letting parents know when it comes to holiday booking etc.

This would be a good thread for the DM to pick up but...

Same. Absolutely vile and really upsetting and unsettling.

I'm so sorry you and your daughter had to deal with these disgusting scumbags.

Might be worth quoting their pr drive for gender equality to them.

www.wizzair.com/en-gb/information-and-services/about-us/news/2025/03/08/flying-towards-diversity-wizz-air-expands-opportunities-for-women-in-aviation

Why aren't you doing as suggested put on social media or Twitter if your really concerned about it?

Another reason why alcohol should be banned.