Thalassines Kataskeves, 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 Thalassines Kataskeves, S.A. Income Statement-Bilge Pump For the Quarter Ended March 31 $ 450,000 Sales Variable expenses: Variable manufacturing expenses sales commissions $ 133,000 53,000 19,000 Shipping Total variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: 205,000 245,000 22,000 115,000 43,000 111,000 10,000 60,000t 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 361,000 $ (116,000) Total fixed expenses Net operating loss *Common costs allocated on the basis of machine-hours tCommon costs allocated on the basis of sales dollars 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 Required: What is the financial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the bilge pump product line