Line Up And Wait

[PompeyPaul]

To be clear

I received "line up and wait" which I did. When take off clearence wasn't given I then called "holding" a little time later, whilst sat on the runway.

The OP struck a chord with me since I too felt very uneasy, sitting on the runway unable to see what may have been coming towards me on final....

[BackPacker]

I received "line up and wait" which I did. When take off clearence wasn't given I then called "holding" a little time later, whilst sat on the runway.

I hope you called "lined up" or "ready for departure", and not "holding". 'cause technically you were not holding and this may well confuse a controller into thinking you're not on the runway (or thinking that it's somebody else on the runway, or something else entirely).

[llanfairpg]

More folklore again!

Read,understand and practice CAP 413 and then remember ATC are paid to provide a service to you, not the other way round!