Ryan Gyss at the controls
THE moment he first flew in a commercial airliner as a two-year-old, Ryan Gyss knew he wanted to be a pilot.
At five, he used a computer fitted with controls to teach himself how to fly, and when he was 14 he started lessons in a real plane.
Now, at 17, he has his first pilot's license.
But learning to fly and having regular practice is expensive, so Ryan, a year 11 student at Patterson River Secondary College at Seaford, works 20 hours a week at two jobs, one in a supermarket, the other in a call centre.
"I don't think having two jobs affects my school work," Ryan says.
"I usually work at Safeway on Sundays from 8am to 1pm or 8am to 5pm, while at the call centre we have to do a minimum of three shifts of five hours during the week, and a compulsory shift on Saturday from 9am to 6pm."
Despite the time he spends at work, Ryan says he still manages to complete all his school assignments and hopes to enrol at Swinburne University after year 12.
Some of what he earns goes towards gaining another licence so he can fly passengers around Australia, but the job he really wants is piloting an international airliner around the world.
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