Nitpick: that's how it should work, and how HN trys to make it work (hence the so-called tribalism), but in many cases those rushing fools get a golden parachute and a cushy retirement while leaving a straw-stuffed limited-liability corporation to be "held accountable" for liabilities it no longer has the assets to meet. And that's if they can't use superior legal funds, PR, and lobbying to shift those liabilities onto engineers or dismiss them entirely.
The answer? Not many. The industry is highly consolidated at this point. So the competition that normally ensures workers can vote with their feet isn't there.
So... Yeah. When you're already hired by the biggest actor in town, the ethical calculus changes whether you want to admit it or not.
Engineers are well-paid, highly sought after individuals. As long as they manage their finances responsibly, walking away from a job should not be as dire as you make it sound.
The Aerospace folks don't enjoy the luxury of the exaggerated salary, last I checked.
So maybe there's some bias there. However, the circles I wander tend to face the same financial struggles as well. Just speaking from experience.
I don't know if you work in SV, but that may skew your perception on salary.
[1] https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/17-2011.00
[2] https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/15-1133.00
If it were Engineers at the top, we'd probably be lambasting them for abdication of their responsibility too if they made that decision.
Make no mistake. If you would be a leader of men, tread carefully. For where you lead they will follow, and if you ignore their warnings and protestations, and lead them to calamity, upon your shoulders will rest responsibility. If you try and admit you can't make it work; no one can blame you. If you rush in as the fool convinced everything will work itself out, you were either incompetent, or worse, deranged, and thus deserving if ostracization and example-making-of.
It's just how it works.