I wouldn't write off the 212 just yet.
Looking ahead, there are MANY major users of helicopters who are going to start requiring twin engined machines for their operations. This includes Shell talking about siesmic Ops going twin only as an expample, not to mention a number of other rumblings I've heard in the past year. While this conversion may improve performance over the 205/212, the time is coming when two stoves are going to be a saftey/insurance requirement.
RH