So, as I understand it to summerise the present situation could be:
1. The EASA will do their own certification (whatever time scale that takes to complete)
2. As of this instant, Boeing is still recruiting for the following positions (temp but full-time):
AVIATION MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN & INSPECTOR
at Moses Lake to get these aircraft back in the air which means within the next couple of months(?)
Which looks to me like the FAA has diverged from the EASA and plans to certify the Max in North America.
Nothing else makes sense to me after reading the PowerPoint slides. Boeing and the FAA are in this together and as others have said a lot of jobs and prestige is invested in this model but also the whole Boeing/FAA partnership.
Correct me if I have got this wrong by all means.