Scott,
You didn’t read the full text of my message. US are a signatory to the ICAO convention. That to me, means that they agree to abide by the rules. If every signatory did the same, then we would not be in the silly mess we find ourselves in. Can you imagine a basketball or baseball game being played with differing rules being applied to either team? Mayhem!! And that’s what we’ve got.
So how best to fix it then?
Agreed, the ICAO change from “holding point” to “holding position” was a disaster. They however, have recognised this fact and have changed back. To me that shows an understanding of the issues and how best to resolve them. The “be reasonable – do it my way” approach is not appropriate here.
My hope is that such a lead can be followed by others, especially so in this case where on our side of the pond, the issue of runway incursions gives us so much grief, especially where the procedures are applied differently dependant on where the aircraft concerned comes from.
A touch of reasonableness I think should prevail, and the high horse attitude knocked over.