Hey BillieBob,
I am currently an instructor for Skymates, so just putting that out there first. We have full approval for a JAA Residential Course that will begin in September, as well as the distance learning through CATS.
While you are correct in the statement that we cannot offer full JAA conversions, we feel that our partnerships with CATS and PFT take out some of the inconvenience that potential students may have to go through in researching various schools to complete their JAA flight training.
We make it completely clear in any correspondance exactly what the student will be getting and how the process works, and we NEVER ask students to pay in full for any training course, in advance.