Having been on both ends of said dangly thing....I cared not doing either.
There is a huge difference in the responsibility I had for the external loads I carried....drop a piece of machinery and the Boss Fellah can buy another one.
Drop or otherwise do in a human being....and they cannot be replaced.
While doing Live Hauls I devoted every essence of my abilities (far in excess of hauling a load of bagged cement or water for instance) to ensuring the folks got back to the ground safely.
I always remembered in the event of a malfunction of any kind or magnitude....my first priority was getting the people down safely first then it was my turn.