Narrative:

After takeoff; climbing out of 7000 ft MSL as the non-flying pilot (PNF) I made initial contact with den TRACON; den advised us of traffic at our 9 o'clock and 8;500 feet. We were in a climbing left turn to dvt VOR climbing at 2500 FPM [feet per minute]. The pilot flying (PF) made no attempt to stop the turn or climb. I said to the PF 'stop your turn; we are climbing into traffic.' the PF responded to me with 'don't you yell at me; I'm the captain and if you have a problem with that you can take it up with [name redacted]' ([name redacted] being the owner of the operation). I repeat to the PF that we were climbing into traffic and that he needed to stop his turn to avoid conflict with the traffic. Only to have him repeat his warning with other accusation.I believe there was a total breakdown of CRM [crew resource management] as a factor in this event however; the PF did not make any attempt to avoid or locate the other traffic which ATC had advised us was only 1/2 mile away at our 9 o'clock and only 1;500 ft above.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air taxi First Officer reported a communication breakdown with the Captain while avoiding airborne traffic.

Narrative: After takeoff; climbing out of 7000 ft MSL as the non-flying pilot (PNF) I made initial contact with DEN TRACON; DEN advised us of traffic at our 9 o'clock and 8;500 feet. We were in a climbing left turn to DVT VOR climbing at 2500 FPM [Feet Per Minute]. The pilot flying (PF) made no attempt to stop the turn or climb. I said to the PF 'Stop your turn; we are climbing into traffic.' The PF responded to me with 'Don't you yell at me; I'm the Captain and if you have a problem with that you can take it up with [name redacted]' ([Name redacted] being the owner of the operation). I repeat to the PF that we were climbing into traffic and that he needed to stop his turn to avoid conflict with the traffic. Only to have him repeat his warning with other accusation.I believe there was a total breakdown of CRM [Crew Resource Management] as a factor in this event however; the PF did not make any attempt to avoid or locate the other traffic which ATC had advised us was only 1/2 mile away at our 9 o'clock and only 1;500 ft above.

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.