It's true--we're retrofitting them with 76 lie-flat First cabins to avoid scope clauses, and operating them IAD-CDG and IAD-LHR starting 3rd quarter 2015. United wants to put the "Express" back in "United Express."

Luckily, for existing CAs, the Concorde's MTOW is 408,000 pounds, so they should be able to make lateral moves...although I could see the company trying to claim that the CRJ-200 is the "base variant"--even for Concorde pilots. Time will tell!