Most jumpers probably have no idea how dangerous it is to spin a multiengine aircraft, and anybody who would classify as "lazy" a pilot's avoidance of an asymme

Most jumpers probably have no idea how dangerous it is to spin a multiengine aircraft, and anybody who would classify as "lazy" a pilot's avoidance of an asymmetrical thrust condition a hair above stall with a large, draggy mass hanging off the opposite side of the aircraft is, frankly, not really qualified to opine on the subject. Spinning a King Air is, from an aviation safety point of view, unacceptable. Accidents happen, but the point is that great pains must be taken to prevent them from happening again; and if the skydiving community wants to convince the aviation community at large that this procedure is perfectly safe, they really need to show that what happened here was a freak accident rather than a totally predictable one. That will be a tall order, because it was a totally predictable accident. Safety needs to take precedence over convenience. If the King Air can't run skydiving operations safely and conveniently, maybe it should not be used for skydiving operations.