I don't get your suspicion from the story. It sounds very fact minded and constructive to my ears. They obviously don't intend to retaliate for the WTO-subsidies war via the MAX. That's a good thing.
“For me it is going to be the beginning of next year, if everything goes well. As far as we know today, we have planned for our flight tests to take place in mid-December which means decisions on a return to service for January, on our side,” EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky said late on Friday.