The remedy
From a local field known for airplanes with wood, fabric, and tailwheels:
Lee Bottom Flying Field is announcing the first ever "Teach an Airline Pilot to Fly" Day. Held everywhere in America, on September 17th, this day will be an occasion where taildragger pilots nation wide share the knowledge of basic flying skills with their airline buddies.
After years of making it impossible for airline pilots to keep their flying skills up to par and encouraging the expansion of 141 schools with their process-over-skills approach to flight training, the FAA and NTSB believes airline pilots are "forgetting" the basic skills they once had or were never taught. This day was created to address that concern.
If you know an airline pilot who has forgotten more than the FAA or NTSB will ever know, please show your concern for them with this gift of basic flying skills. Your contribution will go a long way towards saving these wayward aviators.
(Note: FAA regulations may prohibit you from participating in this event. If you are not an FAA certified flight instructor, you may not be smart enough to demonstrate basic flying skills to another pilot. Although, despite having forgotten everything he or she ever knew, if the airline pilot is a certified flight instructor with a distant tailwheel sign off, the flight may be legal.)