Originally Posted by
Lead Balloon
I thought the FAA changed from "Position and Hold" to "Line up and Wait" over a decade ago because the former phraseology was causing confusion. For my part, "Line up and Wait" makes a lot more sense than "Position and Hold".
They did, presumably because of the confusion it was causing the non-FAA pilots who were coming over and flying in our airspace 😎
They also took away our succinct flight plan forms (for domestic use) and imposed universal ICAO idiocy about the same time.