From Brain
I notice that neither Spitoon or Standard commented on the " taxi to golf one, hold short of the runway. after departure its a standard noise, then a left turn for WOTAN" call from ATC. Why not boys?
From Spitty
You want to know why you were told to hold short. It's because you were being given a departure clearance but you were not yet cleared to line-up. Maybe you understood this. Maybe you've never lined up on a runway without a clearance - but trust me, if you did, you wouldn't be the first.
From the Manual of Air Traffic Services Part 1
After an aircraft has been instructed to hold clear of the runway and a clearance message is passed which might be misinterpreted as permission to take-off, the clearance shall be prefixed with an instruction to hold position.
And yes, the day I get my ATPL I might try to tell a pilot how he should fly his aircraft. When Brain gets a controllers' licence I might have some time to debate the niceties of how to control more than one aeroplane. In the meantime....