Hypothetical: I'm flying from A to B; the pilot for my flt (at the "last minute chose not to fly, so they tracked down a pilot in Z and was flying him from Z to A, but bad weather suddenly popped-up in Z, so the Z to A was cancelled leading to my flight being cancelled because of weather... should AA (or any other airline) get off "free"? [If my street was NOT plowed after a snow storm and couldn't get to the airport, could I claim a weather waiver???]
Since CoC is written by the airlines to benefit the airlines, the passengers get ZAPPED.