Profits have been decreasing for several years at Pegasus Airlines. In an effort to improve the company's performance, the company is thinking about dropping several flights that appear to be unprofitable A typical income statement for one round-trip of one such flight (flight 482) is as follows: Ticket revenue (198 seats 404 occupancy $240 ticket price) $ 18,240 100.0 Variable expenses ($15.00 per person) 1,240 6.2 Contribution sargin 17,100 93.84 Flight expenses Salaries, flight crew 51.700 Flight promotion 790 Depreciation of aircraft 1.600 Fuel for aircraft 5,600 Liability insurance 4,500 Salaries, light assistants 1,200 Baggage loading and flight preparation 1,800 Overnight costs for flight crew and assistants at destination 600 Total flight expenses 17790 Net operating loss $ (690) The following additional information is available about fight 482: a. Members of the light crew are paid fixed annual salaries, whereas the fight assistants are paid based on the number of round trips they complete b. One-third of the Mobility insurance is a special charge assessed against flight 482 because in the opinion of the insurance company, the destination of the flight is in a high-risk" area. The remaining two-thirds would be unaffected by a decision to drop flight 482 The baggage loading and fight preparation expense is an allocation of ground crews' salaries and depreciation of ground equipment. Dropping flight 482 would have no effect on the company's total baggage loading and flight preparation expenses. d. If flight 482 is dropped, Pegasus Airlines has no authorization at present to replace it with another flight e. Aircraft depreciation is due entirely to obsolescence. Depreciation due to wear Ind tear is negligible. Dropping flight 482 would not allow Pegasus Airlines to reduce the number of aircraft in its fleet or the number of flight crew on its payroll Required: 1. What is the financial advontage Idisadvantace) of discontinuina fiat 482