Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude
Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Procedure
Flight from SAN. Climbing on the POGGI 5 RNAV departure. Out of 12;000 feet on our way to assigned altitude of 14;000 feet the departure controller queried whether we could maintain current rate of climb all the way to 14;000 which we answered yes. Current rate was 2200 FPM and I selected VS to maintain the climb as requested. A traffic TA was activated for an aircraft preparing to drop skydivers at our 11 o'clock and approximately 5 miles. As we leveled at 14;000 feet I decided this traffic might be a factor and disengaged the autopilot and began a climb just as the TCAS entered the RA mode of 'monitor vertical speed'. The captain notified ATC we were climbing for traffic; and we were issued a higher altitude. The captain had the other aircraft in sight and said it was no factor. Once clear of the conflict; the flight continued normally with no further comment from ATC.It all happened pretty fast; but this seems to be a poor setup for the departure. If the skydiving operation is known to be near this departure corridor; a minimum altitude on the SID which is above the known drop zone at a point before reaching the drop zone would ensure this doesn't happen again. Also; I believe the controller probably meant to issue us an altitude assignment of 15;000 but had only given us 14;000. 15;000 would have avoided this issue all together and is actually published as the top altitude on the SID.
We were cleared to 14;000 feet climbing out on the Poggi 5 departure from SAN departure control. While passing 12;000 feet ATC asked us if we could hold our current climb rate through 14;000. We replied 'yes' and continued our 2;200 FPM on our climb. Approaching 14;000 feet I saw an aircraft indicating our altitude on the TCAS. I contacted ATC and asked if he wanted us to climb higher. He replied with climb to FL230. I then saw the traffic just as the TCAS RA went off telling us to monitor our vertical speed. The FO took over and manually continued the climb which kept us within the RA parameters. The other aircraft was in sight and was never a factor in our climb. ATC then switched us to another frequency without further comment.
Air carrier flight crew experienced an airborne conflict and TCAS RA after level-off following the POGGI 5 RNAV departure procedure. Conflicting aircraft was preparing to drop skydivers from the same altitude. ATC issued clearance for a higher altitude.