To be honest Beethoven I don't think most pilots have a clue either about what needs to go on. I think most presume you get out go to hospital and then home.
Its only when you have been a watcher at one of the exercises that you get even a partial clue about whats going on. Or about your status as the pilot. your not presumed innocent until evidence appears to show a crime. Your actually guilty but uncharged until all avenues of evidence have shown that you are actually not guilty of anything.
Once you have been to one the advice from BALPA about keeping your mouth shut to everybody until legal advise is present becomes very good advise even for private pilots.