B737-800
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Situational Awareness; Time Pressure; Confusion; Distraction
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Conflict NMAC
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew FLC complied w / Automation / Advisory; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Aircraft; Human Factors; Procedure
We departed on the RNAV Departure. The Captain was flying. I was Pilot Monitoring. Shortly after takeoff; while in a turn on the assigned lateral profile; Tower asked if we had helicopter traffic in sight at approximately our 2 o'clock position. I responded that we had the green helicopter in sight. The helicopter was slightly higher than our altitude. Shortly thereafter we received an Amber TCAS TA alert followed immediately thereafter by a Red TCAS RA alert instructing us to continue our climb rate. The helicopter had made a left turn directly toward us. We responded according to the RA guidance to climb even though the helicopter was slightly higher than us. Additionally we added a turn to increase visual separation with the helicopter traffic as we climbed above them and they passed below us.Because I don't know what clearance the helicopter traffic had; I don't know what could have been done to prevent this incident. It does strike me as odd that the helicopter was flying so close to the charted SID lateral profile that low to the ground and that close to the departure runway.
B747-800 First Officer reported TCAS warnings during climb.