I doubt any pilot has bothered to submit an actually contract dispute.

when I did contract compliance as a volunteer at envoy, only about 5% of the open/shut cases, the pilots that called complaining bothered to actually file anything.

of those that did file, only about 30% submitted/uploaded the required evidence, even when you made it super easy for them.

I have never seen any evidence that Envoy is paying Swayne for the videos. Well, apart from these APC rumors that most of the time are unsubstantiated.
My understanding is that he gets his payment through YouTube ads, not from Envoy.

The flights he did for filming was when he was on reserve. S/A flights on rsv do not go above guarantee, so he was flying for free. There are quite a few pilots who do special assignments, and no-one complains about them.

I still fail to see where the harm or contractual violation is.

Exactly. Another example is those on SA who work in recruiting full time. I know guys who busted their a$$ in recruiting working sometimes 60 or 70 hours a week and doing multiple road shows. Guess how much they got paid? Their contractual SA hours. That's it.

But those guys in recruiting are still line guys and not personally financially benefiting from doing so.

Again the issue that MOST of us have is with being allowed to video Envoy flights and then making money from his YouTube and personal websites with that video THAT NO ONE ELSE is allowed to do.

The irony of this is that besides THKoolAid and Swayne, MOST people now won’t even admit to working at Envoy on social media so don’t even WANT to take any pictures or video lest someone ever be offended and run afoul of the company. It doesn’t matter if you ever say something good, but say one little thing that may offend someone or anything negative and you risk losing your job.

Swayne is still a line guy. He doesn't even do that many S/As.

Is it fair? Not necessarily.

Is it a contractual violation? No.

Why can't you wrap your head around this? Envoy does not have to give every pilot the same opportunity when it comes to stuff outside of line flying? If my airline wants me to hire me as a photographer, my boilerplate contract would still give me the right to make money with the photos.

Ok I’m a line guy and I want to record some flying for my personal vlog. Will they let me do it without his name?

You missed the point. Envoy let's Swayne use company time to record content and use that content to make money through a third party not related to Envoy. Envoy only let him do it for free PR.

You can't just pick and choose who you let break the rules. If Envoy want promotional material they can pay for a professional company to do it.

It's like saying a pilot can use their laptop during cruise but only because they are writing a novel about the history of Envoy which they later sell to a publisher.

This is true. An FOM violation is still a violation with company approval to violate.

CBA Sec 22.
They can pick and choose as much as they want, as long as CBA does not restrict them.