Yes with CHC Europe you get paid a lot more, but lose a lot more in taxes, so the overall pay is not much different.
However, in terms of quality of life, you can't compare somewhere like Nigeria with Europe. In Nigeria, the hazard is on the ground more than in the air. Just look at the internet or TV during this last week and you'll see about the expats who have been taken hostage in Nigeria. You'll live in some kind of a compound with totally inadequate security, with unarmed incompetent guards who just sleep at night or armed police who'll do nothing to protect you. Most of the companies in Nigeria now have their staff under some sort of 'lockdown' curfew. Medical facilities are barely adequate and if you're seriously injured in a terrorist attack or attempted kidnapping, just hope you're covered by the repatriation medical insurance. Facilities are such that even the senior military officers who were injured in a recent crash of a military aircraft in the mountains, were flown to South Africa for medical treatment. Then. there's the risk of malaria or other tropical disease. For this, with CHC, you'll get an extra $Cdn a day. You just have to decide if it's worth it for that.
