Why Southwest CEO Gary Kelly thinks airlines will be included in stimulus bill

Airlines and airline employee unions have been lobbying Congress for several weeks for a six-month extension to the Payroll Support Program, which they say would prevent mass layoffs and furloughs throughout the industry when current government funding expires Sept. 30. It's still unclear if the U.S. government will pass another stimulus bill, or if airlines would be included in the legislation. Still, Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) Chairman and CEO Gary Kelly told the Dallas Business Journal…