A380 - lola
No, I have never said it was optional.
I always said: you don't have a choice!!!!!!!!!!!!! You do whatever they want you to do. They need new people on the A380 as 7 new A380s are arriving this year. They will NOT let you change the fleet.
(It will be very hard to change the fleet even later on. It's not worth it for them to train you on another type. We will see how it goes...)