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Here's a better one:
I purchased a ticket to get me home on Saturday. Due to AC's plane breaking, or them not paying enough to attract employees, or trying to get aircraft utilization up too high, they could only get me home Sunday.
How is that me taking a risk? They have MCTs. Those MCTs are higher than typical. AC knows and sets the risk level. If they can't deliver on that, I deserve a hotel.
That being said, there is also a reason I use a credit card with trip delay insurance. I think AC is responsible (legally, morally, at fault, etc.), but that doesn't mean I'm going to assume it will be easy to deal with them.
And you could replace "AC" with any other airline you want, and my argument stands.