You may think the A380 is done and dusted, real airlines may have other plans though. I've no idea what the insurance premiums or resale guarantees are like, and unless someone's got an inside line to the CFO of an airline, and is willing to spill the beans*, I am unlikely ever to.
*Also known as signing your own termination
That QF aren't profitable is hardly the fault of, what, 8? aircraft. QF is a mismanaged relic of the past, thinking it still has god-given right to lay claim not only to the domestic Australian market, but also to at least 50% of the kangaroo route. Their current episode with Jetstar Hong Kong is an excellent case in point - what well managed airline would setup a division clearly ruled out of Sydney, thinking they could fool the Chinese into thinking it was under HK control, and then set about ordering loads of aircraft?
Alan Joyce is one of the biggest failures in the modern airline world, and would have been so regardless of which aircraft he did, or didn't, order.