Can confirm. I am an HVAC technician, and I have driven these as work trucks. In fact, by the time I got to drive these vehicles, they were old and had a lot of miles. Still, they were very good work trucks, and I miss them. A Ford Aerostar is a rare sight on the road today, and I haven’t seen one used as a commercial vehicle in a very long time. A Chevrolet Astro/GMC Safari is still somewhat common as a personal vehicle, but they have aged out of commercial/fleet usage.
Currently, I drive a 2016 Ram ProMaster 2500 for my job, and this is literally the worst quality work vehicle I have ever been assigned. With less than 70,000 miles on it, this has needed major engine work, new fuel pump, struts and other suspension components, repair to the sliding door mechanism, and finally a new PCM and BCM due to a random stalling problem which would then require disconnecting the battery to allow the engine to restart.
I have driven Chevy Astro and Express vans with well over 200,000 miles on them, and they were way more reliable than the ProMaster. In fact, I worked at one company where they assigned me to an old Chevy Astro with 337,000 miles, and during the two years I worked for that company, the work truck never needed anything more complicated than oil changes and tires.