In 1979 Melnyk graduated from the Pilot College of Civil Aviation (KLUHA) in Kremenchuk and later he studied at the Kremenchuk college of the Kharkiv Polytechnic University and the Academy of Civil Aviation in Leningrad.
In 1979 Melnyk graduated from the Civil Aviation Pilot School (KLUGA) in Kremenchuk and began working as a civilian helicopter pilot in different cities. Later he continued his education at the Kremenchuk College of the Kharkiv Polytechnic University and the Civil Aviation Academy in Leningrad.