Also because I don’t see Boeing exiting the medium size jetline market, it would be like cutting an arm and a leg of the company. I see it as a mea culpa, as they recognize the screw up and try to make it from “0”. Not really 0 but if they redesign and improve the failures, the rest of the 737 is a pretty succesful plane.
But with this way of saying it they are paying a public penitency, that maybe the public want them to pay.
Probably because the name is toxic.
But I don't think it will work, because it takes time to engineer such a modification, and more time to get FAA approval.
The software fix is complete, and the name is already been replaced, its now the 737-8200.
Same hardware? Same team? Same CEO? “Fix” you say? We shall see.
That is not the new name for the MAX; it is still called the MAX and Boeing has not publicized any new name for it yet.
The 8200 is a customized MAX variant for a single airline’s requirements, Ryanair.