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In response to "why was he fired? -- nm" by Epiphany

It's not clear to me whether he left or was fired, though some folks seem to be leaning fired.

Posted by ty97 Aug 30 '16, 05:38

There are a couple of trains of thoughts I've seen (no idea the validity of either):
- Doug Parker, AA's CEO is only 54. There's no reason at this point to se him going anywhere anytime soon. Thus, Kirby's upward mobility is non-existent. Meanwhile, United's CEO just had heart transplant surgery last year. Hopefully he's healthy and strong following that, but it does seem more likely that UA's CEO will retire before AA's CEO does. If Kirby wants to be a CEO someday, United seems his better chance.
- Kirby was AA's President and Chief Operating Office. Operations (on time status, etc) have been dreadful at AA.

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Fired (should) also nullify a non-compete. I can't imagine AA was that incompetent not to have one on him. -- nm - spamlet Aug 30, 05:49 4
- I'm reading that he didn't have a contract, which seems impossible? -- nm - ty97 Aug 30, 05:55 1
  - *reconsiders his flight plans* - spamlet Aug 30, 05:56
- He was there 20 years - seems to be a story there some where -- nm - Epiphany Aug 30, 05:52 1
  - He was actually with Doug, the CEO for 20 years. So they came together from America West to US Airways to American via the mergers. - ty97 Aug 30, 05:56

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It's not clear to me whether he left or was fired, though some folks seem to be leaning fired.

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