An air carrier captain reported being cleared for takeoff at ric and informed of traffic of the depa...

Narrative:

Cleared for take off on runway 34 runway heading. ATC said traffic off of departure end has you in sight; they will be left of the centerline. After takeoff; shortly after acceleration height; we got an RA. The RA was monitor vertical speed; +2500 feet. I started the climb as I spotted the traffic. The traffic was a high wing plane in a turn toward our flight path. As an added measure; I turned the aircraft 45 degrees to the right. The turn was absolutely needed to maintain a safe distance from the traffic. We were around 500 feet away from the other plane as we climbed through its altitude. We told the tower that we were turning for an RA and their response was 'contact departure'. After clearing traffic we returned to our heading. I was concerned that the tower did not respond to our RA so I called them back on the #2 radio to make sure they knew we had to deviate from our heading because of the RA. The controller's response was 'ya; I heard you. The other aircraft had you in sight. Is there a problem?' the voice was very sarcastic. I said no and continued with my flight duties. We were given a clearance into another aircrafts flight path. The tower should have asked and verified if we had traffic in sight before giving a clearance directly into another aircrafts path of flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier Captain reported being cleared for takeoff at RIC and informed of traffic of the departure end. After lift evasive action it taken in response to a RA for traffic near the departure runway flight path.

Narrative: Cleared for take off on Runway 34 runway heading. ATC said traffic off of departure end has you in sight; they will be left of the centerline. After takeoff; shortly after acceleration height; we got an RA. The RA was monitor vertical speed; +2500 feet. I started the climb as I spotted the traffic. The traffic was a high wing plane in a turn toward our flight path. As an added measure; I turned the aircraft 45 degrees to the right. The turn was absolutely needed to maintain a safe distance from the traffic. We were around 500 feet away from the other plane as we climbed through its altitude. We told the tower that we were turning for an RA and their response was 'contact departure'. After clearing traffic we returned to our heading. I was concerned that the tower did not respond to our RA so I called them back on the #2 radio to make sure they knew we had to deviate from our heading because of the RA. The controller's response was 'Ya; I heard you. The other aircraft had you in sight. Is there a problem?' The voice was very sarcastic. I said no and continued with my flight duties. We were given a clearance into another aircrafts flight path. The tower should have asked and verified if we had traffic in sight before giving a clearance directly into another aircrafts path of flight.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	898966
Time
Date	201007
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	RIC.Airport
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb Initial Climb
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

An air carrier captain reported being cleared for takeoff at ric and informed of traffic of the departure end. After lift evasive action it taken in response to a RA for traffic near the departure runway flight path.