Regression to the Mean or Trending Towards the Average

The tendency of regression to the mean or trending toward the average is pretty obvious when you're dealing with lots of random coin tosses. But it becomes much more obscure when you're looking at possibly influential variables like pilot skill and instructor feedback. In this specific instance, it makes me think about the special effect of reversion to the mean fallacies on motivating belief in the effectiveness of not just screaming at pilots but all kinds of punishment behaviors.