Thalassines Kalaskeves, S.A., of Greece makes marine equipment. The company has been experiencing losses on its bilge pump product line for several years. The most recent quarterly contribution format income statement for the bilge pump product line follows: Sales Variable expenses: Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A. Income Statement-Bilge Pump For the Quarter Ended March 31 Variable manufacturing expenses Sales commissions Shipping Total variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Advertising (for the bilge pump product line) Depreciation of equipment (no resale value) General factory overhead Salary of product-line manager Insurance on inventories Purchasing department Total fixed expenses Net operating loss "Common costs allocated on the basis of machine-hours. tCommon costs allocated on the basis of sales dollars. $ 138,000 43,000 22,000 24,000 104,000 41,000* 122,000 14,000 48,000t $ 410,000 203,000 207,000 353,000 $ (146,000) Discontinuing the bilge pump product line would not affect sales of other product lines and would have no effect on the company's total general factory overhead or total Purchasing Department expenses. Help Required: What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the bilge pump product line?