There is an appeal process, and just recently you are now generally notified if you are on it. http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/04/14/us-to-te

There is an appeal process, and just recently you are now generally notified if you are on it. http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/04/14/us-to-tell-certain-travelers-if-on-no-fly-list http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/04/14/us-t... That doesn't mean it is perfect (far from it), but things have gotten (slowly) better.