I must avoid carrying passengers then
Nope, the external stress factor was being the boss, flying yourself and the ones below you on the totem pole to a meeting that you propably called for.
Zooming along in your bright shiney airplane and loosing face if you can't land the thing.
Re the Birmingham incident, why was the Q400 allowed to line up, given the fact that there was an aircraft on the approach and closing fast? Don't the approach and tower controller coordinate things?
Looks like he was told to slow down by ATC and then switched to tower.