Hey all,
Just in case someone stumbles upon this - I have been able to get around this issue by not visiting the "configure" screen. While this is somewhat of a hassle, you can select the aircraft, variant, and livery you would like to fly, type your registration in the Identification tab, then start the sim back up and things work nicely!
https://cdn.volanta.app/screenshots/30bf26e7-1f11-4818-ab8e-b04bc7774e04/25b6fd9f-ad06-4c59-b4f4-c955e1564724-max.jpg
https://cdn.volanta.app/screenshots/ff10bfca-d999-4ed4-83a1-da5e519fa435/1e8e622b-fa41-4346-a8e0-75c308c1d7b3-max.jpg