Notam question
 

What is the author of this notam for EGKK trying to convey?

INST APPRCH PROCEDURE FROM 14 SEP 2012 23:59 TO 02 DEC 2012 23:59
IN ACCORDANCE WITH EU OPS SUB PART E, THE FLW APPROACH OPERATIONS
ARE AVBL TO APPROVED OPERATORS
RWY 08R SUITABLE FOR LOWER THAN STANDARD CAT I OPERATIONS SUPPORTED
BY ILS CLASSIFICATION OR II/D/2
RWY 26L SUITABLE FOR LOWER THAN STANDARD CAT I OPERATIONS SUPPORTED
BY AN ILS CLASSIFICATION II/D/2 (EGGN A2604/12)

See further details here: Lower than Standard Cat I Approach Operations | Air Traffic Services | Operations and Safety

The problem though is that a lot of the runway lighting is currently unserviceable. EASA rules state that we cannot operate below CAT 1 minima with multiple lighting failures so what is the point of this notam?

RWY 08R
RWY CL LGT U/S
RWY SUPPLEMENTARY LGT U/S
TDZ LGT U/S
RAPID EXIT RWY INDICATOR LGT U/S
RAPID EXIT TWY AND LEAD ON LGT U/S - BLUE EDGE LGT PROVIDED (EGGN
A2623/12)
RUNWAY FROM 16 SEP 2012 13:40 TO 03 OCT 2012 04:30
RWY 26L
RWY CL LGT U/S
RWY SUPPLEMENTARY LGT U/S
TDZ LGT U/S
RAPID EXIT RWY INDICATOR LGT U/S
RAPID EXIT TWY AND LEAD ON LGT U/S - BLUE EDGE LGT PROVIDED (EGGN
A2622/12

We were Cat3B with autoland on both ends until the work on the runway started. EU ops state that we cannot do autoland with multiple lighting failures so back to Cat 1 for us until the lighting is reinstated.

Thank you for the explanation. I wondered how they were going to cope as we come into the misty season at LGW. with limited lighting.