Air carrier taxiing for departure at bos expressed concern regarding the taxi procedure to runway 4R...

Narrative:

Was given a taxi clearance to taxi from our ramp that caught my attention for safety. With the high rate of taxi incidents in boston thought this information maybe helpful to enhance safety. Our clearance was approximately taxi to runway 4R via bravo; hold short of juliet. Looking at the chart one would think that holding short of runway 4L approach would be more correct seems bravo continues to runway 4R and juliet is off to the right side. Did what I always do when we get this clearance; when we got close asked if they wanted us to hold short of the runway 4L approach hold point; which we did. ATC said yes. Been flying into and out of boston for almost three decades so I am quite familiar with the airport. However; this type of clearance appears to not serve us well with this hot spot on the airport. A clearance to hold short of a runway always carries an additional level of attention. Would kindly suggest a conversation with boston ATC to review this procedure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier taxiing for departure at BOS expressed concern regarding the taxi procedure to Runway 4R; alleging the clearance to hold short of Taxiway J is unclear; suggesting a hold short of Runway 4R procedure would be preferable.

Narrative: Was given a taxi clearance to taxi from our ramp that caught my attention for safety. With the high rate of taxi incidents in Boston thought this information maybe helpful to enhance safety. Our clearance was approximately taxi to Runway 4R via Bravo; hold short of Juliet. Looking at the chart one would think that holding short of Runway 4L approach would be more correct seems Bravo continues to Runway 4R and Juliet is off to the right side. Did what I always do when we get this clearance; when we got close asked if they wanted us to hold short of the Runway 4L approach hold point; which we did. ATC said yes. Been flying into and out of Boston for almost three decades so I am quite familiar with the airport. However; this type of clearance appears to not serve us well with this hot spot on the airport. A clearance to hold short of a runway always carries an additional level of attention. Would kindly suggest a conversation with Boston ATC to review this procedure.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	860250
Time
Date	200911
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	BOS.Airport
State Reference	MA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types

Air carrier taxiing for departure at bos expressed concern regarding the taxi procedure to runway 4R; alleging the clearance to hold short of taxiway J is unclear; suggesting a hold short of runway 4R procedure would be preferable.