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"position and hold" was the old phraseology in the US. It changed to "line up and wait" on 2010/09/30 to match ICAO standards and because "hold (on the runway)"
by hn8305823 3y ago
"position and hold" was the old phraseology in the US. It changed to "line up and wait" on 2010/09/30 to match ICAO standards and because "hold (on the runway)" might be confused with "hold short (of a runway/taxiway), or "hold position (wherever you are now)".
https://www.faa.gov/airports/runway_safety/resources/luaw https://www.faa.gov/airports/runway_safety/resources/luaw
- fireflash38 3y agoI do love how we try so hard to disambiguate language. Especially hard when working across languages too. And it shows how badly things can go if left to fuzzy language protocols.
- wlonkly 3y agoAnd on relatively ancient analog radio systems, no less.