Perhaps to soothe your suffering:
- the MAX is the Mark IV (!) re-engined version.
- everyone is painfully aware of what happened
- everyone knows rather well what did not happen when it should have
- all certifying authorities would dissect anything they'd bring forward into sub-atomic if only to cover their exhausts.
Purely my feelings are, God bless you D.C., the above is a reasonless rant. Boeing lover is not a perfectly fitting description for me, but I'd take a seat on the hypothetical inaugural flight even if made pay for it
Sunny side up, cheers.