What’s the Difference Between Line Up and Wait vs. Position and Hold?

What’s the Difference Between Line Up and Wait vs. Position and Hold?

Question: Are line up and wait and taxi into position and hold the same thing? Can you give yourself a “line up and wait” clearance at a nontowered airport? Answer: “Line up and wait” and “Taxi into position and hold” are technically the same instruction, but the latter is no longer approved language. Before 2010 at towered airports ATC sometimes gave pilots a clearance to “taxi into position and hold” on the active runway. In 2010 the phraseolo…