Boeing 737 Max:The Boeing 737 MAX aircraft met severe technical debt issues related to its MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System) software. The system was designed to address stability concerns with the new aircraft, but insufficient testing and documentation led to two fatal crashes. ...
Engineers observed a tendency for the plane’s nose to pitch upward during a specific extreme maneuver. After other efforts to fix the problem failed, the solution they arrived at was a piece of software — the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (M...
Microsoft Project has shifted from the successor of the Microsoft Office Specialist program, the Microsoft Business Certification (MBC) program offering the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) and Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification for users of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, etc...
Because MCAS was designed to make the 737 Max fly just like previous 737s, and because Boeing believed that it would come into action only in extreme flying circumstances, it was kept almost secret. Boeing decided against including it in the brief lesson that pilots already certified for prev...