1) Normally evening before via Blackberry - but plan may (= will) change sometimes - such as airline Day 1, get off commercial aircraft 4 hours later, new briefing arrives.
2) Your country + tax situation? FO basic salary = €56.500 = €4708 monthly, no deductions. Guess at 30% to take away (25% + 5% social security payments) = €3295. Add per diems (tax-free maybe?) guess at 15 days each month = 15 x €70 = €1050. So, about €3295 + €1050 =
€4345. Captain basic salary = €95.000. Play with the numbers.
3) Impossible to say - is it airport hotel or in city? Time from airport to hotel? Minimum rest or waiting for same pax on return flight 2 days later? Best answer is "yes,
sometimes you can be a tourist."