About the time this issue hits your mailbox, the FAAs standard phraseology for taxiing onto an active runway and stopping to await takeoff clearance will change. Instead of “taxi into position and hold,” the new instruction will be “line up and wait.” The change goes into effect September 30, 2010. 288
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About the time this issue hits your mailbox, the FAAs standard phraseology for taxiing onto an active runway and stopping to await takeoff clearance will change. Instead of "taxi into position and hold," the new instruction will be "line up and wait." The change goes into effect September 30, 2010. This is similar to the mid-1990s switch from the FAA-standard set of weather reporting and forecasting abbreviations to the METAR/TAF format. The FAAs set of abbreviations had been in use since at least the 1960s, and probably going as far back as the 1930s.
Key Takeaways:
- The FAA is changing its standard phraseology for taxiing onto an active runway from "taxi into position and hold" to "line up and wait," effective September 30, 2010.
- This change is mandated by the FAA to simplify and standardize ATC phraseology and comply with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards, aiming to reduce confusion for non-native English speakers.
- The author criticizes the change as unnecessary, arguing it "fixes something that wasn't broken" and that the FAA too easily conceded to ICAO standards instead of maintaining U.S. practices, despite English being the international language of aviation.
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