management was tired of being pressured by the customer who were pushing the pilots.
Shall I translate that into simple language?
If the management "stood up" to the Customers...supported their Pilots "NO Go!" decision....the customers would take their business elsewhere and there would be some other operator which would gladly accept the business...and leaving quite a few aircraft setting idle.
As those Customers are still in business and thus flying with some Operator....you reckon they are still pressuring the Pilots and Operator...and still getting flown?
Now as I do not believe in "coincidence"....you reckon all those "sold" 206's found themselves flying the same ol' Customers?
Perhaps we might ask some of the Pilots who fly for the outfit whose name starts with R and ends with C.