Originally Posted by
ijgordon
Delta never fired him.
I haven't looked into this closely, but Kirby hasn't been an insider at AA since he left and thus don't think he would need to report his AAL holdings or transactions either publicly or privately. So the information is likely outdated. He may or may not still own AA shares, it's unlikely there's anything preventing him from owning shares of a competitor, unless it's a UAL-specific policy (which I don't believe is common).
Did DL ever hire him or even make him a job offer? Normally one must be hired in order to be fired.