Award XP for piloting skill: entering the station square and not bouncing off, hitting activate when a jump gate goes green, etc.

No.

Jibber: XP comes in five distinct flavors, none of which cover the types of skills you've named. Where should this "XP for piloting skill" of which you speak be "[a]ward[ed]"?

ryan reign: You really need to learn to play with your food before killing and eating it.

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Isn't piloting skill shown by your combat?

You do get XP for this. Do the Courier missions. They quite literally consist of undocking from one station with a datapad as cargo and docking with another station.