A320 captain reported a traffic alert on TCAS while climbing out of slc.

Attributes
ACN	1410899
Time
Date	201612
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZLC.ARTCC
State Reference	UT
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	SID ZZZ
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 220 Flight Crew Total 25000 Flight Crew Type 7900
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Horizontal 500 Vertical 2

Narrative:

Initial clearance was to 1000 feet which was not the same as the SID. ATC then gave aircraft unrestricted climb to 14000 feet. Around 12500 [feet] captain queried about traffic 5 miles ahead. ATC said he wouldn't be a factor. Captain queried again and controller stated he could clear aircraft to another fix. Captain accepted at which time crew received a TA. Once in the turn TA disappeared.this is a recurring problem in salt lake. They modify the SID and then we get a traffic conflict. Calls to our company a major carrier reach deaf ears.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 Captain reported a Traffic Alert on TCAS while climbing out of SLC.

Narrative: Initial clearance was to 1000 feet which was not the same as the SID. ATC then gave aircraft unrestricted climb to 14000 feet. Around 12500 [feet] Captain queried about traffic 5 miles ahead. ATC said he wouldn't be a factor. Captain queried again and controller stated he could clear aircraft to another fix. Captain accepted at which time crew received a TA. Once in the turn TA disappeared.This is a recurring problem in Salt Lake. They modify the SID and then we get a traffic conflict. Calls to our company a major carrier reach deaf ears.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.