[hn8305823]

"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

[fireflash38]

I 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]

And on relatively ancient analog radio systems, no less.