They applied for a DRW/HBA/CBA, they were given it and then they turned it down?
Or they've just spent the last 10 years moving around the country, sick of living in towns they don't want to be in, with people they don't know and just want to get back to somewhere they want to live. Or the Mrs has you under the pump to get back home.
Believe it or not, not every pilot wants to be journeyman their whole life, nor do their significant others. You certainly do not get paid enough to move at your own expense every 3 years your whole life. And once people start having kids etc it becomes both difficult and expensive.
And for those who have been around 10+ years this is just history repeating on the whim of some manager who thinks he knows everything but hasn't read the history books.