Faye Smith
Chairperson

Reappointed on May 30, 2005 to a two-year full-time term as Chairperson, Mrs. Smith was originally appointed Chairperson of the Civil Aviation Tribunal on May 30, 1995. She was previously employed as Counsel at Transport Canada Legal Services. She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa Law School and following call to the Bar of Ontario, she practised law with a private firm in Ottawa.

Mrs. Smith has extensive background work in aviation since 1982, namely, providing advice to Transport Canada's Aviation Group on the Aeronautics Act and Regulations. She was Manager of Appeals to the Civil Aviation Tribunal and formerly Superintendent of Inspector and Engineer Training for the Aviation Group. Mrs. Smith authored a Digest of Civil Aeronautics Case Law as well as three volumes of Civil Aeronautics Jurisprudence.

Allister W. Ogilvie
Vice-Chairperson

Reappointed on September 30, 2001 to a five-year full-time term as Vice-Chairperson, Mr. Ogilvie was originally appointed Vice-Chairperson of the Civil Aviation Tribunal on September 30, 1996. He received his LL.B. from the University of New Brunswick in 1985 and his LL.M. from McGill University's Institute of Air and Space in 1986, was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1988 and in British Columbia in 1996.

A licensed pilot, Mr. Ogilvie served as manager of representation for the Canadian Air Line Pilots Association from 1990 to 1996. He began his aviation career in 1970, flying for various independent northwestern Ontario air services. He was a pilot for Canadian Pacific Airlines, between 1974 and 1980, and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, between 1980 and 1982, and served as an aviation inspector for Transport Canada between 1988 and 1989.