By the chain rule,
dtdu(X(t),Y(t))=ux(X(t),Y(t))dtdX(t)+uy(X(t),Y(t))dtdY(t)=α(X(t),Y(t))ux(X(t),Y(t))+β(X(t),Y(t))uy(X(t),Y(t))
But evaluating α(x,y)ux(x,y)+β(x,y)uy(x,y)=0 at x=X(t),
y=Y(t) gives
α(X(t),Y(t))ux(X(t),Y(t))+β(X(t),Y(t))uy(X(t),Y(t))=0
so
dtdu(X(t),Y(t))=0