Old School
Hello,
When I used to go up in a bosun's chair I would use this hitch, and as you describe it involves dropping a bight through the chair and bringing it up past you to form a kind of Becket Bend at the bridle's junction. In those days I was, um, somewhat less safety conscious than now, and would typically do this with no backup, and even slack the fall to draw up the bight. I shudder to think of this.
A carabiner hitch is, in any event a better tool for the job, not least because it acts as a fairlead, to keep the part you're pulling on close to you no matter what. Also, of course, easier to form, secure, rappel on, and remove.
Fair leads,
Brion Toss
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