Yes, like McDonnell-Douglas renaming the later revisions of the DC-10 as the MD-11. The MD-11 even included "a partly computer-driven horizontal stabilizer. Up

Yes, like McDonnell-Douglas renaming the later revisions of the DC-10 as the MD-11. The MD-11 even included "a partly computer-driven horizontal stabilizer. Updates to the software package made the airplane's handling characteristics in manual flight similar to those of the DC-10" [1] Sounds like Boeing might have dusted off an old MD idea. I think you're probably right, they will improve the systems, improve the training, probably pay some sort of settlement, and as long as no smoking-gun evidence of deliberate malfeasance is found (ala Volkswagen Dieselgate), they will survive. Heck, Volkswagen survived, anyway. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_MD-11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_MD-11