Air Traffic Control

Air Traffic Control (Int) - Trained Only

The character knows how to aid an aircraft in landing safely, especially handy during adverse or crowded conditions.

Check: 

A successful Air Traffic Control (ATC) check grants a pilot a bonus to any piloting check needed to safely land an aircraft (see the Pilot skill for more information). For every two points by which the character makes his ATC check, the pilot gains a+1 bonus to a piloting check to land under adverse conditions.

Special: An air traffic control check is a Move action. If a character cannot communicate directly with a landing aircraft (via radio), the character must make a Signaling check (DC 15) to successfully use this skill. A character may take 10, but not 20, on ATC checks under normal circumstances. A character at a fully staffed Air Traffic Control Tower (the kind found at modern airports and on aircraft carriers) can take 20.

Try Again?: If the landing craft’s pilot successfully aborts a landing (see the Pilot skill for more information), then both the pilot and the ATC checks may be rolled again.