Northwest Airlines Inc., Eagan, Minn., hired Aon Fiduciary Counselors as independent fiduciary for the $41 million in Pinnacle Airlines Inc. stock Northwest contributed to its three pension plans, which have a combined $4.38 billion in assets. Aon will have "discretion to value, acquire, hold and dispose of the Pinnacle stock" in the interest of the plan participants, according to a Labor Department proposal published in the Federal Register.
Northwest officials didn't return calls seeking comment by press time.