Airlines, airports may struggle to hit US security deadlines

Airlines and overseas airports will struggle to meet deadlines for implementing broad new security requirements on flights to the US, airline industry groups and consultants say. Airports have a short timeline to comply with a few of the directives the Department of Homeland Security issued Wednesday, according to a memo from IATA. Some technology and even bomb-sniffing dogs required under the measures aren’t readily available in each of the 280 airports affected. “Getting the right equipment is one thing -- whether it’s canines or X-ray machines. Training people to support those is another,” said Michael O’Neill, CE of MSA Security, which provides security, training and other services. “Then it’s going to come down to costs. None of this stuff is cheap. And who is going to be responsible for that?” <br/>