FAA to be phasing out "position and hold" in the US

On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:32:40 -0500, Ron Natalie wrote:

Gary Drescher wrote:
"Peter R." wrote in message
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I just received an email from my FBO, who received word from ATC at our
class C airport, that the FAA is phasing out the "position and hold"
instruction "to try to curb the runway incursions and controller errors."

Hm, I bet a more effective anti-incursion strategy would be to keep using
position-and-hold but require an explicit clearance to taxi across any
runway.

You've always needed an explicit clearance to taxi across runways.
How does that solve position-and-hold issues?

Ron, This is not my understanding. Without an explicit "hold short", an
instruction to taxi to Runway XX implies permission to cross any other
runways that happen to be on the taxi route.