A GULF 4 PLT; FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS TO TURN ON FINAL FOR RWY 24R AT LAX; EXPERIENCED A TA FROM A BRASILIA LINED UP ON RWY 24L. THE PLT STOPPED HIS TURN AND DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF ACQUIRING THE TFC VISUALLY; DISPLAYING EXCEPTIONAL SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.

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ON ASSIGNED HDG 160 DEGS; CLRED VISUAL APCH RWY 24R AT LAX. DURING TURN TO FINAL; HAD A TA FROM A BRASILIA THAT WAS ON A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 24L. THE TA APPEARED TO BE IN MY 1 O'CLOCK POS AND THAT TFC APPEARED TO CONFLICT WITH MY TURN TO FINAL FOR RWY 24R. I DIVERTED MY ATTN FROM ALIGNING WITH RWY 24R TO CHK THE MFD FOR THE TA AND TO THEN ACQUIRE THE BRASILIA VISUALLY. I ALSO STOPPED MY TURN TO FINAL INASMUCH AS THE TA APPEARED TO CONFLICT WITH THAT TURN. OVER THE NEXT FEW SECONDS; I VISUALLY LOCATED THE TFC BUT ALSO FLEW THROUGH THE CTRLINES OF RWYS 24R&L. I IMMEDIATELY; UPON SIGHTING THE BRASILIA; BEGAN A L TURN BACK TO ALIGN WITH RWY 24R AND MAINTAINED VISUAL SEPARATION FROM THE BRASILIA AND LANDED ON RWY 24R. I HAD NO FURTHER TA'S AFTER THE INITIAL TA. THE SIT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY RECEIVING A VISUAL APCH CLRNC VERY CLOSE TO THE RWY CTRLINE WITH PARALLEL TFC IN THE PICTURE. HAD I BEEN CLRED TO BEGIN THE TURN TO FINAL FOR RWY 24R EARLIER; THE GEOMETRY WITH THE BRASILIA WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT AND MAY NOT HAVE RESULTED IN A TA AND THE SUBSEQUENT ACTION I TOOK TO BE SURE THAT THE BRASILIA WAS; IN FACT; ALIGNED WITH RWY 24L AND NOT RWY 24R. IT SEEMS TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON OCCURRENCE AT LAX TO GET A SHORT TURN TO THIS N RWY AND REQUIRES A CONSTANT 30 DEG BANK ALL THE WAY TO FINAL WHICH IS; SOMETIMES; UNCOMFORTABLE FOR PAX. AN EARLIER VISUAL CLRNC WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE MANEUVERING ROOM AND A MORE GENTLE TURN FROM THE BASE LEG VECTOR TO FINAL.