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 $ 470,000 Variable expenses: Variable manufacturing expenses $ 136,000 Sales commissions 45,000 Shipping 16,000 Total variable expenses 197,000 Contribution margin 273,000 Fixed expenses: Advertising (for the bilge pump product line) 28,000 Depreciation of equipment (no resale value) 118,000 . General factory overhead 43,000" Salary of product-line manager 112,000 Insurance on inventories 8,000 Purchasing department 52,000+ Total fixed expenses 361,000 Net operating loss $ (88,000) *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 firtancial advantage (disadvantage) of discontinuing the bilge pump product line