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 light (flight 482) Is as follows: $15.400 1,260 14,140 100.00 8.2 Ticket revenue (175 seats 408 occupancy $220 ticket price Variable expenses ($18.00 per person) Contribution margin Flight expenses Salaries, light crew right promotion Depreciation of aircraft Fuel for aireratt Liability Insurance Salaries, light assistants Baggage loading and flight preparation Overnight costs for flight crew and assistants at destination Total flight expenses Net operating loss $ 1.600 790 1.650 5.500 5,100 1.500 1,750 700 10,690 $74.550) The following additional Information is available about flight 482: a. Members of the flight 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 liability 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. c. The baggage loading and flight preparation expense is an allocation of ground crews' salaries and depreciation of ground equipment. Dropping flight 492 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 and tear is negligible. 1 Dropping flight 482 would not allow Pegasus Airlines to reduce the number of alrcraft In Its fleet or the number of flight crew on its payroll Required: 1. What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing flight 482? Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Financial (disadvantage) 519