Large Transport
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Communication Breakdown; Confusion; Distraction; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Procedure; Human Factors
We were cleared to land 28R by Tower on an 8 mile final. On short approach (800 ft); tower cleared a cargo to 'Line Up and Wait'; 28R. I could not see the traffic and did not know where the cargo aircraft currently was. I decided to initiate a go-around on the side of Safety.Tower should never give 'Takeoff' or 'Line Up and Wait' instructions to a departing aircraft; until the landing traffic has landed and cleared the point of the runway that the departing aircraft is holding short. This hazardous clearance from Tower; could lead to an aircraft landing on top of another.
Pilot reports being on short final when the Tower Controller put an aircraft into position on the same runway. Pilot elects to execute a go-around.