Do airlines have to compensate for delayed flights due to weather?

This is a question that comes up a lot. Does an airline have to offer any compensation for a flight delay due to bad weather? The ugly answer is, no.

If mother nature rears hertemperamentalhead and your plane gets grounded due to a snowstorm, thunderstorm, or an excessively full moon (might blind the pilot), an airline doesn’t necessarily have to do anything for you, other than reroute you to your final destination once the skies have cleared.

However, after highly publicized ordeals of strandi...