Escape
You attempt to escape from being grabbed, immobilized, or restrained. Choose one creature, object, spell effect, hazard, or other impediment imposing any of those conditions on you. Attempt a check using your unarmed attack modifier against the DC of the effect. This is typically the Athletics DC of a creature grabbing you, the Thievery DC of a creature who tied you up, the spell DC for a spell effect, or the listed Escape DC of an object, hazard, or other impediment. You can attempt an Acrobatics or Athletics check instead of using your attack modifier if you choose (but this action still has the attack trait).
Critical Success You get free and remove the grabbed, immobilized, and restrained conditions imposed by your chosen target. You can then Stride up to 5 feet.
Success You get free and remove the grabbed, immobilized, and restrained conditions imposed by your chosen target.
Critical Failure You don’t get free, and you can’t attempt to Escape again until your next turn.
With that being said, my question is if I use Halfling Luck would it apply if I was trying to use my Athletic check to escape? Since Athletics has the attack trait for escaping (as it's explicitly stated) would Halfling Luck count as a "skill check" as is the required trigger.
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An action can have more than one trait.
An Athletics check is always a skill check.
Sometimes it's also an attack, and counts as an attack roll.
So if you have another ability keyed to skill checks, you can use it on an Athletics roll, whether it's an attack or not. Maneuvers allow skill check bonuses to be a sneaky way to get a bonus on attacks. Which is okay because PF2 maneuvers shift a battle rather than dominate like they often did in PF1.
Hmm good question. I don't think it having the attack trait suddenly makes it not a skill check. For instance tripping someone is an 'attack' but I would say it's still an athletics skill check.