Kenya Airways operating minima (LVP)
According to EU
"Weather conditions incompatible with the safe operation of the flight. These weather conditions may be forecast to arise at the the airport of departure,the airport of arrival or along the intended flight path of the aircraft."
So if KQ minimums 400m for example,then 300 is not considered safe right? Then in that case they are right not to compensate you.
Kenya Airways does about average 4-6 diversions due to weather per year during the winter season. Those diversions are only to three out of maybe 6-8 destinations that the 787 services.
LVP training and certification costs money. Is it worth the 4-6 diversions? A gamble? some may say so.
I think Kenya Airways looked at cost benefit analysis and did not see the need to have LVP training.
However, for about 4 months now, the syllabus for LVP is complete for the 787 and crews are being trained. The regulator needs all manuals, all crew trained before final certification can be approved. Be assured that next winter the story will be different. Kenya Airways is now LVP trained at 150m RVR/200m Viz.