Why does air pressure difference make us have airplane ears during a flight, if airliners are pressurized?

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Why does air pressure difference make us have airplane ears during a flight, if airliners are pressurized?

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They are only pressurized to a point. They don’t pressurize above the equivalent of 8000 feet altitude.

Pressurization is stressful on the fuselage, they need to strike a balance between passenger comfort and fuselage weight.

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