What We Experienced

• Recent SISG discussions have identified that Runway Incursion continues to be a key risk area. Two specific concerns have been raised regarding the misinterpretation of communications:

1. mis-interpretation of the “HOLD SHORT” instruction, and
2. mis-interpretation of the “TAXI TO HOLDING POSITION” instruction.

An ANSP provided a voice communications record from a recent incident illustrating the second example.

ICAO Procedure

The European Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Incursions provides: “The most common phraseology problem for non European based flight crew, is the fundamental difference between: