Remember seeing something a few months ago on TV in Ghana which might have been what you're thinking about.....An old black and white documentary about about BOAC Captain taking a 707 to somewhere out East.
The prrgamme started with the guy getting into his car outside his house and the commentary ( can't remember his name ) along the lines of '' Capt XXX is about to start his most dangerous job of the day - driving his car to the Airport ''
I was in a friend's house so couldn't politetly watch after that, but there was a scene where it showed the crew disembarking ( perhaps Bahrain ) and something about the skipper always stayed in a different hotel than the rest of the crew.
Could that be the one ?