Capt Pit Bull, I completely agree with what you have said ,and wished I could add more weight to it.
I am also very frustrated to see that after so many well publizied incidents and one accident , people ( i.e pilots and controllers) still do not understand how TCAS works and what it takes to make it efficient ( i.e prevent metal from touching) .
If it was to me I would print thousands of stickers and glue one in every cocpkit saying : "Follow the RA , discuss debate about it afterwards !"
and put the other in every Radar display at every ATC console : "TCAS is not there to ensure radar separation ! "
If those 2 basics were understood and followed , we would ALL be much safer..
As to visual aquisition , forget it, read the JAL/JAL accident report if you need convincing, add to this that TCAS is very poor in azimuth , and that there is anyway no time for this .