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That is an APR Thrust demo. It double's the available thrust. Douglas jets have done that to me before. I see the FO is trying to whack it with a stick. We've not flight tested that technique, but in typical Douglas fashion, I see he is performing his flight test with passengers on board. Good on 'em.
Just remain vigilant for the drips on the walk around. Particularly if APR Thrusting was evident.
Now I fly a 737. We put these on the back of the engines to avoid an APR thrust.
Southwest does not have, or has not figured out how to use these thrust shields. That is why they taxi so fast. They fear a MD-88 sneaking up on them from behind.