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 Sales conmissions Shipping Total variable expenses Contribution margin Fixed expenses: Advertising (for the bilge pump product line) Depreciation of equipment (no resale value) $ 136,000 46,000 18,000 200,000 220,e00 30,000 101,000 37,000 120,000 General factory overhead Salary of product-line manager- Insurance on inventories 12,000 47,000 Purchasing department Total fixed expenses 347,e00 $ (127,000) 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