Spaniel
The Danish situation has been resolved according to a couple i met on tour recently. Generally i've found crew comm and Despatch helpful and good to deal with. Its worth remembering that they put up with a lot of !!!!e and pressure as well and are just messengers of crap change to your briefs.
757
£3200 to £3400 depending on your roster is average for a UK based FO. As a skipper expect about an extra £1500 on top of that.