TCASII RA ON PARALLEL APCH; GAR EXECUTED.

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TRIP STARTED WITH DEADHEAD ATL-LAX (DELAYED ATLANTA). WHEN WE ARRIVED LAX PEOPLE WERE ALREADY ON ACFT AND EVERYTHING READY TO GO EXCEPT FOR OUR PREFLT. WE COMPLETED ALL ITEMS IN A TIMELY BUT; NOT RUSHED MANNER. CREW NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH LAX/SFO OPS AS CAPT FROM TRAINING DEPT. (FLIES 3 MONTHS/YR) AND FO DISPLACED FROM INTL OPS. WE WERE BUSY WITH DEPT/RTE AND SID. FO HAD ACFT IN POS TO BE AT 10000 FT/250 AT BOLDR ON BSR. BSR1 ARR INTO SFO AS PUBLISHED. ATC ADVISED--KEEP YOUR SPD UP. WE MAINTAINED 310 KTS. AT MENLO WE WERE VECTORED AND ASKED IF WE SAW A B-747 FOR RWY 28R; WE RESPONDED NEGATIVE AND WERE LOOKING AND SLOWING ACFT. WE WERE CLRED TO INTERCEPT. LOC FOR RWY 28L AND CLRED ILS TO RWY 28L. WE WERE HIGH AND FAST ON LOC INTERCEPT. WHEN ASKED AGAIN IF WE HAD B-747 IN SIGHT; WE STATED YES. AT THIS POINT WE WERE CLRED FOR THE TIP-TOE VISUAL TO RWY 28L. NOT BEING FAMILIAR WITH THIS APCH WE WERE DISTRACTED TO SAY THE LEAST. THE ACFT WAS HIGH AND FAST DURING THE APCH. AS THE L-1011 DOES NOT SLOW DOWN AND COME DOWN WELL WHEN THE APCH IS STARTED HIGH AND FAST. WE WERE HIGH/FAST AND GAINING ON THE B-747 WHO WAS ON VISUAL TO RWY 28R. HE HAD OVERSHOT AND WAS CORRECTING ON COURSE. WE TOOK THE ACFT L OF OUR LOC. TO ASSURE CLRNC AND STILL COMPLY WITH NOISE RESTRS. THE CLOSER IN WE GOT IT BECAME MORE APPARENT WE WERE TOO FAST; FULLY CONFIGURED; AND COULD NOT MAKE A STABILIZED APCH/LAND. ALSO; CLOSURE RATE ON B-747 ON RWY 28R WAS NOT TO OUR LIKING AND I'M SURE NOT TO THE PAX SITTING ON THE R SIDE OF OUR ACFT. WE GOT A TA ON OUR TCASII AND STARTED OUR MISSED APCH AT 500-700 FT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY AN RA (ONE VERBAL) AND ADVISED TWR AND WERE VECTORED BACK TO A NORMAL APCH/LAND. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: CREW TIRED FROM LONG DELAYED DEADHEAD ATL-LAX. INADEQUATE TIME TO REVIEW LAX DEPT; RTE; AND SFO APCH AND ARRS DUE TO IMMEDIATE DEP; GATE CHANGE AND SHORT FLT. UNFAMILIARITY WITH LAX/SFO W COAST OPS. BEING GIVEN HIGHER SPD AT BOLDR; RESULTING IN STARTING FROM A POS OF HIGH/FAST WHILE TRYING TO SPOT ANOTHER ACFT ON A PARALLEL RWY. CHANGING FROM A FAMILIAR ILS APCH TO AN UNFAMILIAR VISUAL APCH AND LITTLE TIME FOR REVIEW. IN VIEW OF MY EXPERIENCE INTO SFO I BELIEVE 'MUCH' COULD BE DONE FOR SEPARATION INTO SFO. NOT A SAFE OR SATISFACTORY OP. ATC COULD GIVE SOME ADVANCED NOTICE OF WHAT IS GOING ON AND THE APCH EXPECTED. BETTER SEPARATION NEEDED.