Why do they still allow this though? Its not like the plane can't crash if there are no passengers in it. There is still a risk of the plane crashing in a residential area for example.
The failure mode is pretty well known, there's already was a known workaround (but pilots need to be properly briefed on it to know to actually apply it in these cases).
There's not official certification on said workaround, and a longer term and more proper fix is currently in testing, so it doesn't make sense to create a procedure to use the current operating configuration in a passenger context.
There's not official certification on said workaround, and a longer term and more proper fix is currently in testing, so it doesn't make sense to create a procedure to use the current operating configuration in a passenger context.