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 Sales $ 420,000 Variable expenses: $ Variable manufacturing expenses 128,000 Sales commissions 49,000 Shipping 20,000 Total variable expenses 197,000 Contribution margin 223,000 Fixed expenses: Advertising (for the bilge pump product line) 26,000 Depreciation of equipment (no resale value) 100,000 General factory overhead Salary of product-line manager Insurance on inventories Purchasing department 46,000* 128,000. 11,000 56,000 Total fixed expenses Net operating loss "Common costs allocated on the basis of machine-hours. 367,000 (144,000) +Common 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? Financial (disadvantage) +