Did you see the related post on Propaganda Village? (
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?bl...28797940320599)
Apparently someone (was it TSA or Oprah?) paid to fly a BDO from some undisclosed airport to Chicago for the show.
Having to fly someone in sure implies there are no BDOs at ORD or MDW that are articulate enough and/or polite enough to talk to Oprah.
IMO the only good likely to come out of the whole thing is this:
Originally Posted by BDO Stephanie on Propaganda Village
After a few moments of thinking "this must be some kind of joke," I called the office only to find out that it was very real. Six hours later, I was boarding a plane on my way to Chicago.
There were thunderstorms and traffic was horrible. We almost missed the meeting.
Maybe the experience gave BDO Stephanie a small taste of the stress of flying, weather delays, irregular ops, and fear of missing a key meeting that might cause innocent law-abiding passengers to appear nervous or agitated at the airport.