Is 50 percent pay anywhere near enough to live in Switzerland? Switzerland is an awesome place where I would love to live or at least travel to again many more times, but it is also about the most expensive country I've visited. I looked into at least one of the EMB-145 contracts based in Switzerland and I honestly can't figure out how anyone could live on that little money over there. I'd heard that the airline jobs there were truly awesome pre 9/11, but that the pay and benefits took a huge cut since. Good luck whatever you decide.