The present application relates to a flight instrument (621) and method for providing visual economic operation of aircraft operations to an aircraft operator. The system and method provide a visual economic operation scale indicating at least one of: (i) a fuel efficiency; (ii) a rate of component wear or damage; (iii) a rate of maintenance inducing flight operation; (iv) a rate of component replacement inducing flight operation; (v) overall efficiency; and an indicator (623) moveable along the visual economic operation scale. A change in economic operation moves the indicator (623) along the visual economic operation scale so that a movement of the indicator (623) in a first direction represents an increase in economic operation of the aircraft, while a movement of the indicator (623) in a second direction represents a decrease in economic operation of the aircraft.