The Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS, is a flight control software function developed by Boeing to help stabilize aircraft pitch under specific flight conditions. It works by ...

After the Lion Air 610 disaster last year, we learned the Boeing 737 Max 8 was equipped with a new system designed to automatically prevent stalls under certain conditions. Pilots had never been ...

I don’t have a doctorate in engineering, but I have over 9,000 hours flying Boeing’s 737-800 and the 737 MAX. As an instructor pilot for a major U.S. airline, I fly with new captains and first ...