Aerofoil
8th Dec 2003, 06:15
Hi all
I was wondering something a while back when i was in the flight deck (im cabin crew at the moment or i was until i was laid off).
The fuel cut off switches on the throttle controls. I noticed that these are used to finally shut down the engines at the end of the flight. So it made me think of a scenario which worried me! I havent done my atpls yet so please excuse my ignorance but what happens if lets say for instance a cabin crew member tripped on their way into the flight deck (and on our 757's there is a step going in which some people forget about) and accidentally pressed down on the fuel cut off switches??
Is it like in a light aircraft whereby putting the mixture to completely lean shuts down the engine or is there a system in place to safeguard an accident?
Im referring to 757-200's and 762's and 763's
Thanks in advance
Dave
I was wondering something a while back when i was in the flight deck (im cabin crew at the moment or i was until i was laid off).
The fuel cut off switches on the throttle controls. I noticed that these are used to finally shut down the engines at the end of the flight. So it made me think of a scenario which worried me! I havent done my atpls yet so please excuse my ignorance but what happens if lets say for instance a cabin crew member tripped on their way into the flight deck (and on our 757's there is a step going in which some people forget about) and accidentally pressed down on the fuel cut off switches??
Is it like in a light aircraft whereby putting the mixture to completely lean shuts down the engine or is there a system in place to safeguard an accident?
Im referring to 757-200's and 762's and 763's
Thanks in advance
Dave