How color-blind Filipino got pilot's wings in Australia

Color blind Jason John Sevilla wanted to fly airplanes as early as when he was 10.

By the time he was 18, he was told that he was color-blind and his condition would not make him fit to pursue dreams of flight.

"I've been dreaming to be part of the aviation industry since I was ten. And a doctor will just simply tell me, 'Hindi e. Hindi siya para sa 'yo. So magbago ka na lang ng pangarap'," Sevilla told Stand for Truth.

"I was already 18 years old when I was diagnosed. Umiyak ako n'on," he added.

Still, Sevilla applied with the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines but failed the physical exams.

He also tried applying to become a student pilot in the US and Canada but got the same result.

It was then that he learned that Australia allowed color-blind individuals to become a pilot "up to a certain degree of severity."

Learn more about Jason's journey as well as how, and how much is needed, to become a pilot in the Philippines in this Stand for Truth report. —NB, GMA News