Thanks again for answering my questions, everyone. I have enjoyed reading all the comments and am now totally de-stressed (instead of distressed) about this flight. I got a chuckle from 84fiero's Lindbergh photo and am comforted that there is someone who actually has the username ILUV767. I'm still bummed that my eastbound flight is on AA and not BA, especially since I got burned on the airfare from booking so late, but I guess in the big picture it's all good.