The MEL is a permission to operate with a bit of kit U/S, not a command to do so.
I would expect, in your airline's case, that the line captain would decline such an MEL operation .. as the preamble to your MEL will, undoubtedly, permit and commend.
We all have been caught out with youthful exuberance and gung-ho overconfidence. The very great majority of us who have made it to greybeard and expanding tummy status ... didn't get killed at the time doing so and, so, had an opportunity to learn from our youthful stupidity.