The air travel misery will probably get worse. Massive flight cancellations by American Airlines -- including 16 at Denver International Airport on Thursday -- are likely to spread to other carriers as federal regulators step up their scrutiny of aircraft inspections after years of more lenient enforcement. And as oversight tightens and Congress puts its glare on the airlines, passengers are paying the price. Flying on U.S. airlines has never been safer. But mutual trust between the Federal Aviation Administration and carriers was undermined by last month's revelation that Southwest Airlines flew planes that had missed inspections -- a violation of federal standards.

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