SUPER 80 FLC HAS TCASII RA.

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THIS DEBRIEF CONCERNS A SIT INVOLVING VISUAL SEPARATION WHICH RESULTED IN A TCASII RA. IN CONTACT WITH NY DEP; OUR FLT WAS ON A DEP VECTOR. LEAVING 11500 FT WITH CLRNC TO 15000 FT AIRSPD INCREASING TO 330 KIAS. THE CTLR ISSUED A TA OF A CESSNA 414 AT 13500. I; THE CAPT WAS FLYING. WITHOUT CONSULTING ME; THE FO CALLED TFC IN SIGHT. THE CTLR IMMEDIATELY CLRED US TO MAINTAIN VISUAL SEPARATION. I TOLD THE FO I DID NOT SEE THE TFC AND TO TELL THE CTLR WE COULD NOT MAINTAIN VISUAL. THE FREQ WAS BUSY AND THIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE. I REDUCED THE CLB TO 1000 FPM AND WAS SEARCHING FOR THE TFC WHEN TCASII ISSUED TFC THEN A RA TO DSND. THE GREEN ARC REQUIRED A REVERSAL TO 1800 FPM DSCNT. ESTABLISHED IN THE DSCNT; I SAW WE WERE PASSING 1000 FT DIRECTLY BELOW THE TFC. WE RPTED TO ATC THAT WE WERE DSNDING FOR TCASII AND WHEN CLR THAT WE WERE RESUMING THE CLB. IN DISCUSSING THE EVENT WITH THE FO LATER. HE HAD NOT ANTICIPATED THAT THE TA COULD BE FOLLOWED BY CLRNC TO MAINTAIN VISUAL. THE AIM DEALS WITH THESE CLRNCS IN 5-81-1 AND 5-79-3. THE FO IS VERY CONSCIENTIOUS; BUT ALSO BELIEVED THAT ALL PERTINENT SAFETY INFO IS IN PART 1. I COULD NOT FIND REFS TO THESE IN PART 1 THINK THEY ARE IMPORTANT. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT TRAINING SHOULD INCLUDE ACFT VISUAL BE VERIFIED BY BOTH PLTS.