In Reply to: No, don't panic. posted by Hillary on Saturday, 1. October 2011 at 10:38 Bali Time:
The only thing that AA achieves with self checkin ia that they do not have to print off a boarding pass, as the passenger has already done that for them.
The Qantas self check in is more sophisticated with the ability to print off luggage lanels at self serve machines at the airport.