PM, you're right; panic does not solve problems. And nor does praying. There is, allegedly, a short video clip out there taken from the right hand cockpit seat of an unidentified airliner showing lots of CB activity on the nav display, and lots of lightning flashes out the window. The view pans left to show, first, an empty captain's seat and then, it's intended occupant on his knees on the floor behind his seat. Praying. I suspect that on landing whoever was being prayed to was given the credit for having guided them safely through the bad weather. And this is in the 21st century...