Nearly three months after the deadly plane crash outside Buffalo, the cockpit voice recorder transcript was released Tuesday during a rare National Transportation Safety Board hearing in Washington, D.C.

It's the first day of a three-day hearing looking into the crash.

The transcript indicates that the pilot Marvin Renslow and First Officer Rebecca Shaw were chatting moments before the crash about her career, as well as their fears of flying in icy weather.

Just six minutes before the plane went down, Renslow told Shaw, "Oh yeah that's the most I've seen, most ice I've seen on the leading edges in a long time, in a while anyway I should say."

A short time later, Shaw says, "I've never seen icing conditions. I've never de-iced. I've never seen any. I've never experienced any of that. I don't want to have to experience that and make those kinds of calls . . . You know I'd have freaked out. I'd have like seen this much ice and thought, 'oh my gosh, we were going to crash.'"

After the last words heard from the pilot, the first officer is heard screaming.

According to records released by the NTSB, a training instructor told investigators that Renslow was slow to learn the plane's critical computer system. But, his abilities picked up at the end of training.

Renslow reportedly pushed the wrong way on the stick when the stall warning went off, forcing the nose too high and causing the plane to stall.

The initial investigation focused on ice buildup on the wings and tail, but the NTSB says the plane was working normally.

"Some ice accumulation was likely present on the airplane prior to the initial upset event, but the airplane continued to respond as expected to flight control inputs throughout the accident flight," explained Lorenda Ward of the NTSB.

The February 12th crash killed all 49 people on board and one person on the ground.

Some of the victim's families met with New York Senator Charles Schumer earlier today to discuss the need for air safety reforms.

Schumer has been a long-time critic of the Federal Aviation Administration's safety record.

"I don't think they put safety first in enough ways. And we're gonna try to change that as well," Schumer said.

"If I knew this is how the airlines do it, you think I would ever have let my son sit on that flight?' said the parent of one of the victims.

The families also met with the head of the NTSB.