Because the pilot has a brain and is highly trained in understanding and associating HUD and PFD symbology to aircraft systems. Every successful flight ends in checklist items that use fuel cutoff switches to shutdown the engines. If a pilot doesn’t know that fuel cutoff switches are possible explanation for ENG SHUTDOWN warning on initial climb out then they shouldn’t be a 787 captain with over ten thousand hours.
Still missing the point. CUTOFF is not part of the display message. CUTOFF is not part of international pilot jargon. CUTOFF is very American English phrasing as people who speak other languages would interpret "cut off" to remove like "cut off" a tree limb. Only in American English does CUTOFF mean "turn off", "shutdown", "switch off", etc. Why would a pilot use "cut off" if not for that specific switch?
Really not sure where you are going with this. If you are flying a Boeing 787 you are using terminology from that environment. Cutoff is used in British English too. We might pedantically write it “cut-off” (with hyphen) or call it a “stop valve”, but “fuel cutoff” is completely international and understood. We don’t even know what word or language the pilot used; the interim report is not sufficiently precise.
Can you possibly think outside of your use of American English? Apparently you cannot. The fact of the matter is other people who speak English may interpret "cut of" to be "remove" not "turn off".
We don’t even know what word or language the pilot used; the interim report is not sufficiently precise.
They spoke English. The pilots were Indian. Many people in India speak English as a first or second language. Also they were international pilots which requires a proficiency in English. How could you possibly not know that?
I’m not sure you’re actually reading what I wrote. I have no idea why you think I said it’s hard for a pilot to look at the fuel switches. I literally said it would be easy (see bold), yet you responded by claiming I said a pilot would NEVER do it. That’s a bizarre take.
You keep arguing about how far WAY OUTSIDE the field of view the switches while flying. "However, it is likely outside the field of vision where changes are likely to noticed if the other pilot flipped switches while the pilot flying was focussed on HUD and PFD." You seem not to acknowledge the PF is not focused on the HUD or PFD 100% of the flight. Also you seem to ignore only the PF is focused on looking forward. The PM's job is to monitor the whole cockpit.
At that point, the pilot may have looked at the fuel switches, which, again, would have been EASY to see. I never said otherwise. I didn’t suggest it was difficult, impossible, or that a pilot would never look. So I’m not sure where you got that from.
When you use the term "WAY OUTSIDE", that has a meaning. CUTOFF has a specific meaning. The entire problem you've had all these posts is you assigned your meaning of phrases that may not be how everyone else uses those phrases.
