I wasn't trying to be cocky in posting this thread, as I got the impression from AKEROSID in the first reply.
Rather, my point probably should have been made clearer that pilots in stress situations have a lot more to worry about than a possibly panicked passenger sitting two feet behind them.
I've flown jump seat many times, including Nordair 373 landing on skis (smooth as silk) at Frobisher Bay, NWT, Canada and at that time a Czechoslovakian IL-86 from Montreal to Prague.
Those were my two biggest joys -- one because of the uniqueness of skis and the captain being a former Luftwaffe ME109 pilot, and the second being there where it all happens on a Russian-built aircraft guided by a former MiG15 pilot.
Strange coincidences.