"Stefan" wrote in message
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If a pilot can mistakenly understand "hold position" instead of "position
and hold", then it doesn't take much imagination to see that he can also
mistakenly understand "position and hold" instead of "hold position". Does
this take so much imagination?

Example
Pilot (waiting at holding point to some runway): Asks for something.
Tower: "Hold position!" (Because there's a plane in short final.)
Pilot: Understands "position and hold".


That may be, but we're not talking about the phrase "hold position".