Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation - Speed All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem
Aircraft; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
During climbout from ZZZ; above approximately 2;000 feet AFL; an amber GPS-L enunciated. I continued to hand fly the jet as we climbed into IMC conditions in the pre-dawn darkness. The GPS-L caution distracted me from calling 'flaps-up' at the appropriate speed. The Captain called my attention to this as we approached 240 knots IAS. I called for flaps up and the captain retracted them normally. I engaged the autopilot after flap retraction. At no time did we exceed the 250 knot flap placard limit. Maximum speed I remember seeing was 244 knots IAS with flaps not up. The rest of the flight to ZZZ1 was uneventful. I believe my recency of experience was a factor; this being my first unsupervised flight since re-qualification. Also; night; IMC in low marine layer clouds while hand flying the initial portion of the RNAV departure. The GPS-L caution was a nuisance warning that served as the distraction. I was focused on hand flying smoothly and lost situational awareness of aircraft configuration.Earlier use of automation may have helped with my situational awareness during the nuisance GPS distraction. My habit is to hand fly the aircraft until clean.
B737-800 First Officer reported a GPS-L annunciation on departure which distracted flight crew from calling flaps up at the appropriate speed.