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Old 30th Jan 2005, 19:27
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<<hold short>>

Brain not too clear on this but I believe we were banned from using that phrase at Heathrow years ago. A vehicle had been told to "hold short" and promptly hurtled across the runway. Driver said he thought ATC had said "haul short", which he thought was some sort of "aviation-speak" for "shift your ass"!! I personally used to clear aircraft to a point before a runway with no suggestion that they were cleared beyond.
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