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So some of you may recall that I took my ATP written in July of 2014. I haven't done much about doing a check ride until a few weeks ago. A friend of mine who took the test at the same time called me up and said he found training and a check ride and he was going to do it. So he shamed me into doing it too. Here's the deal, I don't even have a commercial license, so I called around and found a DE who agreed to give me a multiengine commercial upgrade and ATP check ride the same day If I got my single engine commercial. Well I scheduled the written test for today. I thought I had all my ducks in a row until I mentioned to the test lady that I had taken the commercial written three times before ( I always passed in the high 80s). She said that I couldn't take the test again unless I produced the results of the last test or had a letter from the FAA! I told her that the last time I took it was over ten years ago and I don't have the old test scores. I can't find the regulation that says this. She couldn't find the regulation that says it either. She called CATs and they confirmed that that is what the FAA wants. I scheduled the test for as late in the day as they would give the test so I didn't have to take much time off work. Well the FAA was closed in Oklahoma and the person that could approve the re-test had gone home. Now I have to take time off tomorrow... JUST VENTING.... I have been studying like a fiend to get ready for this test, just to be told to go home...