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For the definitive answer to this question, let us turn once again to Hollywood and look at the situation from that classic basketball film "The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh". In that film we see the character known as "Set-shot Buford" get fouled just after the ball leaves his hands and the officials count the basket and give him one free throw. So that must mean that he was still considered a shooter even though the ball had left his hands and both feet were on the floor. There you have your answer.
Unfortunately, it's the wrong answer. By definition, if the player's feet are on the floor, they are not an airborne shooter. If the ball has left their hands and the "normal shooting motion" has ended, they are no longer a shooter, period. So in the original post, that player is not in the act of shooting.
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