Why is anyone surprised at this?
I feel badly for your hassles. But the public screamed for heavy fines on airlines for delays getting out of very busy airports. Now one of the busiest airports has it's main runway shut down for several weeks. That's going to create delays no airline has any control over. Except to cancel flights, or even delete flights from the schedule entirely.
Now you want the government to decide when it's appropriate to cancel a flight due to weather reasons. The FAA/ATC makes the weather calls usually. So the government has for the most part, already assumed that role.
You're taking the word of a cabbie, about what airlines do or don't do. Where does he get his info from? His fares, and most of them are probably unhappy. Do they KNOW what they're talking about? Probably not.
Going back to the weather. What were the wind gusts at the time of cancellation?
Suggestion: Don't fly out of JFK for a couple months.
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