if you think you will ever see a 787 in the rat livery think again, they may have orders, but lets just say they will have orange stars on the tail
If the pilot shortage is as severe as the contributers to this thread state then Jetstar won't have enough pilots to fly the B787. The regional operators are suffering the shortage first with the LCCs (NJS, Tiger, Jetstar & Virgin Blue) following next with QF suffering but likely to attract more pilots because of higher salaries (& better conditions).
Now is the time to be yelling (not just saying),
"Show me the money".