Bartle Frere is alleged to have used his job to meet underage boys and lavish them with money and gifts during stopovers in India between long-haul flights, Bournemouth Crown Court was told today.
The pilot is accused of "arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence" against boys in India as well as abusing two boys in the UK.
The court heard detectives uncovered the 50-year-old's regular social network contact over six years with teenage boys in the sub-continent after seizing a computer from his former home in Dorset in November last year, according to media reports here.
Prosecutor Elisabeth Bussey-Jones read to the jury some of the messages Frere had sent to the boys in India.
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"I want a hug and have a bath with you and cuddle you in bed. Have you found any other boys you can bring to my hotel? Will you find me a boy?", the accused wrote in one of his messages.
On one occasion an Indian boy tells the pilot that he has a "surprise" for him to which Frere replied, "I cannot wait to discover your surprise."
Bussey-Jones explained to the jury that police found photographs on Frere's mobile phone of a guest book for an Indian hotel.
It showed he had made a reservation under the name of "John Smith" for himself and two others.
Frere is charged with one count of sexual activity with a child and one charge of attempting to record a person doing a private act.
He also faces six charges of possessing indecent photographs of a child and four charges of making indecent photographs of a child.