MAX operators just like the shinny brochure parts.
The FAA AD on the matter was and is absolute rubbish, of the same level of the original certification of the MAX - just how Boeing told them it will say.
The FAA does not have a massive credibility issue for non genuine reason/s. They blew it during the start, after the first accident, after the second and now the non reply to the Freedom Of Information request - that request was excluding the FAA and its discussions and decisions documents. It was a genuine request that if nothing to hide would have gone along way to regaining public trust.
I went to the local mint the other day and said I am a customer I buy your gold bars but they are too small. I will remain a customer if you make them bigger, but you must not be more expensive than the local bank. That's what customers want.
P.S. given half the pilots did "unexpected" things in the MAX test sims the other day with all the 20/20 of the last year - The prelim report and the AD were based on incorrect assumptions for many/most crews.