Quick question on your company's policy on parking Brakes...

[Jet Jockey A4]

Perhaps your company has one, perhaps not.

Perhaps it is just plain old airmanship but...

Assuming you are not in an emergency situation…

What is your company's policy/SOP say when it comes to setting the parking brakes “ON” after you have been "cleared to position and hold" on a runway for some sort of ATC delay?

[RAT 5]

Various companies = various SOP's, if any. I've heard of a blanket rule that a/c stopped = Pk Bk ON. I once was told by TC from a national major, (no SOP) that IHO setting Pk Bk ON on the runway was not a good idea in case it stuck on. Wow, I thought, you could 'burn out' thinking of all the trivia that could go wrong, but never has. Idle thrust on a big light a/c will roll you along quite softly if you become distracted.
I suspect 10 CP's 10 opinions.

[Luibar]

Captain discretion here.

[Amadis of Gaul]

Discretion here as well.

[megan]

Unusual accident to a DC-8 that attempted a take off on an icy runway with brake pressure applied. Reason for locked brakes not determined.

http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR72-12.pdf

[Piltdown Man]

We use an old device called "Common Sense"; old fashioned, little paperwork, maximum discretion.